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The first day
We began to watch videos of this years game, Turning Point. Videos are very important to watch to take the best designs of each robot and combine them to make the best. We decided to start with a robot that would flip caps and stack them on poles. -
Time to test the base
After one week of building it is time to test the base of the robot. We are finding that we want to make it higher so its able to go up the platform. It goes far to slow so we will have a 6 motor base all high speed. -
Making the base final
We added a 1 inch lift kit onto our robot and is now able to drive up the platform. It went perfect speed and and has good power for these motors. We were quite happy with how it functioned. -
Adding the Cap Stacker
This week was all about adding a 6 bar lift to stack the caps on poles. We needed enough height but were constricted to an 18" by 18" cube. -
Adding Power to the Lift
To add power to the lift we wanted to first test a 1:5 gear ratio. Along with having just 2 motors run it. We would also add rubber bands to reduce the load on the motors. -
Autonomous
Autonomous is a preprogrammed task and the robot is to perform that function on its own. The next few weeks would be all about making a good autonomous to compete in our first competition on January 5th 2019. We also have Christmas break which we rarely work over. -
First Competition
After competing in our first competition we realized that our cap stacker is tough to operate. We were also watching other robots and their main task was to launch balls at the flags. We thought maybe that should be our next goal. -
Adding Ball Puncher
For the weeks to come it was all about adding a ball launcher. We watched other robots and their design on how they did it. First we needed a combine type intake to grab the ball. That would then go up 3 rollers to the shooting part. Then we needed to design a puncher that would hit the ball to then hit the flags. -
State Competiton
We had a total of 4 competitions to test our robot in before state. We felt pretty confident going in because we had nearly everything perfected. We ended up sweeping state including tournament champions, skills champions, excellence award, and my favorite, the design award. We also qualified for the worlds competition in Louisville, Kentucky. We were super happy and our robot did exactly what it was supposed to. -
After State
Since state we have decided to begin work on another robot. First we needed to get the new equipment which includes V5. It will be a very similar robot and perform the same tasks but hopefully in a quicker manner. If we can perfect this robot and make it good we plan to take this to the worlds competition.
