Ultimate Robot by year

[EricLeifermann]

Originally Posted by FIMAlumni

2013: I'm going to use 469 as my base model with a few changes. I assume they were close on weight so I'm going to remove the movable part of their shooter and lock it into place at either the back of pyramid or FCS position whichever is lower. To vary the shots I would take from 118's little flipper which seems like it would save a lot of weight... how much? enough for a 1114/ 67 climber hopefully. Giving 7disc/5 disc wing auto, ground pick up, FCS, Cycling, and 50 point climb and dump.


2010: 67's kicker and drive train (I heard they weighed 90lbs if memory serves right) with a 469 tower on top (I'm pretty sure PVC and Pneumatics are under 30lbs). Imagine the dominance of 469, with a 5 ball auto, ability to cross the bump, and such an accurate kicker.

2009: Tough one with so many different designs but again 67's drive train seemed to dominate... but I would put the 217 helix and shooter on the end.

If you put 469's shooter this year at either fixed location you suggested they would not have been able to go under the pyramid and therefore a 7 disc auto would be impossible.

2010 if you put 469's tower on top of 67 their after the buzzer hanger wouldn't work and you probably would be too tippy to cross the barrier

For 2009 67's robot base and changing to a 217 helix and turreted shooter would just weaken the strength of 67's robot that year. Their robot that year was dominant, no changes needed.

On to my ideas

For 2013 I would do a 1538/33 style intake and shooter with a 1114 climber. If possible, we've been trying to CAD one and bumper geometry and/or CG is getting in the way.

For 2012 a mix of 2056/2826 with 341's drop down intake with a 33 style stinger.

For 2011 I don't think there are many elite robots that could be improved upon from that year, pick one and practice practice practice.

2010, even though they lost I would still go with 469's robot. They weren't just a robot that deflected balls, they also had a really good kicker, which they could use if they didn't get to the tunnel.

2009 as said above 67 no tweaks.

2008 there is no way you could improve 1114 maybe add swerve drive but I don't think that would be an improvement.

2007 233 with a 71/33 style ramp system.

2006 I have nothing to go here as I took off a year during my freshman year of college

I could keep going but the games start getting more difficult to pick a robot that you could actually build to do everything.