Robot Highlights
Mechanical - (CAD LINK)
- An independent cone and cube shooter
- 27" x 27" chassis on MK4i falcon swerve
- 32" height in stowed configuration
- Ground pickup for cubes
- Compact, single-stage elevator for cones with manually adjustable shot angle
- Pivoting, vertical roller claw (2019 style) with a second motor for cube indexing and shot spin-up
- Lexan belly pan for ease of electronic placement
Code - (CODE LINK)
- Decently optimized driver controls
- 3 GP bump side auto
- 2.5 GP bump side balance auto
- Limelight auto align with 2 in^2 precision for shooting cones
- Photon Vision cube auto align
- Custom neo velocity control for cubes
- Specific cone shot sequence to decrease variability
This year, inspired by 2022 Open Alliance build threads Berkelium pushed ourselves to go through multiple iterations. With that goal in mind, we were able to go beyond what we had in the past, and what I thought was possible for our team and designed a robot that performed pretty well for us and scored points in a way that allowed for a lot of software tuning and mechanically straightforward and incredibly robust systems. It was also a ton of fun to see work, and we got some pretty cool reactions from the crowd.
Regular Season Highlights
- Candian Pacific Regional
- 6th seed captain, 3rd place finish with 3256 and 7796
- Introduced Berkelium Builds, our dedicated support team to help teams through inspection and beyond
- San Francisco Regional
- 3rd seed captain, 3rd place finish with 604 and 9125
- Industrial Design award
- Sacramento Regional
- 2nd seed captain, 2nd place finish with 2551 and 5458
- Innovation in Controls award
- Finalists, Wildcard
in Sacramento 2019, 2551 picked 5419 and brought us into our 1st playoff, where we finished in the semifinals, and every regional since we have finished in the same position until Sacramento 2023 where we broke our streak alongside 2551. A big thanks to 2551 and 5458 for their awesome play, and to 254 and 1678 for helping us out with the comms issue that has been plaguing us since the start of the season!
Post-Season Highlights
- Milstein
- 4th pick of 2nd seed 3655, 1st place finish with 6672 and 5895
- Division Winner
- Einstein
- Autonomous worked on a new field
- 5419 will be attending Chezy Champs, CalGames, and MadTown and building two offseason robots
5419 had a very exciting opportunity to go to champs, and it was certainly the experience of a lifetime. We are very proud to take home our first blue banner, made possible by our excellent alliance captain 3655 and partners 6672 and 5859!
Last but not least, Berkelium would like to thank Team 1868 for inviting us to practice with them, and Team 841 for giving us plenty of parts, field time, and advice, and to all the other teams at competitions and the ones we met while traveling, we had a great time with y’all! Good luck and see you next year!
(Please don’t hesitate to ask any questions)
