Rockwell Innovation in Control

[martin417]

1771 received the automation award at Peachtree for a combination of things: follower wheel traction control using a PID to achieve a desired slip ratio, Target recognition and turret tracking using the axis camera, along with a "locked on" indicator to tell the operator when the turret is in a position likely to score.

[DBiehl]

868 won at Boilermaker for a button that gives them more pushing power

[AndyB]

Originally Posted by DBiehl

868 won at Boilermaker for a button that gives them more pushing power

Were they using fans? If not, I guess I'm just curious as to why they wouldn't be running at maximum power all the time?

[Eugene Fang]

604 received the award at the Sacramento Regional for our ability to create a smooth servoing algorithm, despite the 30 fps limit of the camera, to auto-lock the camera on the trailer. Our driver used the autolock 99% of the time during teleoperated mode and our accuracy was very high.

[JackN]

Team 1504 won the award at the Kettering district for the driver controls on our crab drive. Nicknamed Waddle Drive, we track our orientation to the field with a gyro and use that data to always have control that is driver centric. No matter the orientation of the robot on the field forward on the control stick is away for the robot. This allows for simpler and easier driver control.

[rogerlsmith]

904 won this award in week 1 @ Traverse City - MI District Event. I believe it was for their implementation of "traction control" at the push of a button and also their autonomous mode that scored at least twice.