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2020 Challenges

Robotics Team Website Challenge Sponsored by Dell:

In 2016, Exothermic team 10A planned on making a website, although they ultimately did not make one. This year, Exothermic team 10C decided to make a website for not only the Online Challenge, but also for the club as a whole. This will be Exothermic Robotics' first club website!

Exothermic Robotics is one of the longest-standing VEX robotics club in Washington State. The club focuses on providing the infrastructure and resources necessary for teams to succeed in VEX Robotics Competitions. Our teams have competed in Worlds multiple times and have performed exceedingly well. This website focuses on presenting our prestigious history and support network to prospective members!

Texas Instruments Electronics Online Challenge:

In their quest for discovering TI components in an electronic device, Exothermic team 10A decided to dismantle a Samsung Galaxy S Captivate. Through disassembling and researching internal chips, they learned a lot about the functions of individual chips and how they all add up to the whole. Their final report, photo documentation, and annotated works cited are linked below:

EMC Robotics Team/Club Website Challenge:

Exothermic Robotics entered a website for the online challenge, although unfortunately, it was left unfinished.

VRC Game Design Animation Challenge:

Team 575 Exothermic Haiku is proud to present its entry for the 2014 VEX/RECF Game Design Challenge, Clock Block. Be sure to watch in 720p for maximum viewing pleasure. The tracks in this video are Jewel by yama_ko, and Guren no Yumiya by Linked Horizon Jewel can be found at: http://frl.velvet.jp/music Guren no Yumiya can be found at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8OkpRK2_gVs The modeling and animation software used was Autodesk 3ds Max, and the video editing software used was Corel VideoStudio Pro X4 Thanks and enjoy!

Awards:

  • VRC Game Design Animation Challenge Finalists

RECF Team Educational Video:

Team 10V Exothermic Victory explains the simple yet often overlooked robotics part: the standoff. Learn how, when, and why to use standoffs in this easy-to-follow guide.

Awards:

  • 2nd Place: Standoffs: An Educational Video by Exothermic 10V

VRC Game Design Animation Challenge:

Team 575 presents Tetra Tumble! Teams will stack tetrahedrons of their alliance's color. The higher the stack, the more points. Tetras are worth extra points if they are above the alliance's starting tiles. Animated in Autodesk Maya 2012 Compiled in Adobe After Effects CS4 Music: Derezzd by Daft Punk (Tron Legacy Soundtrack), You Will Be Perfect by Mike Morasky (Portal 2 Soundtrack) Created by Team 575, Exothermic Haiku.

Awards:

  • 1st Place: Tetra Tumble

RECF Team Educational Video:

This is a short video outlining the basics of designing and building a reliable and sturdy six bar lifting system that can be used for the Vex. It is presented by Exothermic Robotics Team 10D (Imensional).

VEX Robotics Design A Game Animation Challenge:

Ring Rolled is a realistic Vex-style game animation. The object of the game is to score 3 inch balls into cylindrical goals of varying dimensions. The game incorporates the jacks challenge object as an additional scoring bonus. Made in Autodesk Maya 2011 Compiled in Adobe After Effects CS4 Music: Mars Mission by Nathan Furst, Driving with the Top Down by Ramin Djawadi Created by Team 575, Exothermic Haiku.

Awards:

  • 1st Place: Ring Rolled

RECF Team Educational Video:

This is brief video on how to build a simple, light and fast drive-train that takes up minimal space presented by Exothermic Robotics.

Awards:

  • 2nd Place: How To Build A Drive-Train