Awards
Our Robot
The robot was an 8-wheel tank drive, with a reliable 5-ball auto & pneumatically articulated roller collector. This fed into an indexer/feeder system, which in turn fed into the shooter. The shooter had 2 flywheels for increased accuracy and an articulated hood that allowed for control over the angle at which balls were shot. This lets the robot shoot 5 balls in only 7 seconds. The robot was also able to manipulate the control panel and climb the Shield Generator.
Designer's Award
Ruthenium Group - Game Design Challenge
Skills Competition Winner
Antimony Group - INFINITE RECHARGE At Home Challenge
Excellence in Engineering Award
Antimony Group - INFINITE RECHARGE At Home Challenge
2021
Infinite Recharge
Since there wasn’t any in person competitions due to COVID, FIRST provided us with at home games to do with the team. For two weeks, the team gathered in the gym using our robot from last year to complete the tasks. All FRC teams were divided into 40–50 groups. Every game had different criteria that robots were scored on, and the team with the most amount of points in their group would win a blue banner.
Additionally, we were required to build a game for another challenge, which we conducted online via Discord. In the game we made called Monkey Madness, bananas—which were actually cones—were hung upside-down from railings. Each cone was individually colored and set at various levels. The higher the cone, the more points the robot earns. The robots had to grab the cones from the rails like monkeys in order to win the game.