[purplehaze357]

Team # 357

# of years of participation? 4 and counting

# and type of motors? 2 drills, 2 chips

# and type of drive wheels? 6 Inch pneumatic tires

# and type of non-drive wheels? 0 non-drivers

Transmission (not including supplied ones)? n/a

Steering? its a 4 wheel translational drive, essentially if you know what a crab steer looks like then you should be set.

Sensors? Opticals that read white tape and a sprocket inside the wheel assemblies to be used for distance in our auton period.

Success? We won this years regional Chairmans Award at the Chesapeake Regional, and we won the Delphi's Driving Tomorrows Technology award at the Chesapeake Regional. At the Philadelphia Alliance Regional we won the animation Award. We also made a stack of 3 totes in Philadelphia grabbing the bins off the top of the ramp and driving them down.

Problems? We discovered early on that our robot was comparable to bringing a ballerina to a mosh pit. Our drive train was fragile creating problems when battlebot style pushing would occur.

Next year? To build a robot and continue the Royal Assault on the FIRST competition.