EngiNERDs - Team 2337 - IR@H Robot - Sidekick

Clinton_Bolinger · March 28, 2021, 9:05pm

Meet Sidekick, our 2021 IR@H Robot

17" x 17.2" x 17"
71 pounds (with Bumpers and Battery)

AutoNav Total = 21.9 seconds

Clinton_Bolinger · March 28, 2021, 9:31pm

Galaxy Search Total = 7 Seconds

mdurrani834 · March 28, 2021, 10:01pm

It’s beautiful.

Aaron_Li · March 28, 2021, 10:15pm

A literal box on wheels

PatrickW · March 28, 2021, 10:25pm

Love it! Great work and really impressive times.

Clinton_Bolinger · March 28, 2021, 10:28pm

The MK3s have been great!

PatrickW · March 28, 2021, 10:31pm

You anodized them! That’s awesome. Looks really cool.

Aaron_Li · March 28, 2021, 10:33pm

What are the white/clear sleeves over the battery terminals? These seem better than wrapping layers of tape.

robocodepodcast · March 28, 2021, 10:34pm

Are you guys running two robots this year. One for the auton challenges and one for the shooting challenges? Loved last years robot and was dominate!

Splash3015 · March 28, 2021, 10:48pm

That’s not allowed.

Billfred · March 28, 2021, 10:50pm

You only need to submit three challenges. And judging from the first two videos, I think they’ve got a genuine shot to win the skills challenge group off of GSC/HDC/ANC.

Clinton_Bolinger · March 28, 2021, 10:54pm

This is our Skills Bot for 2021 … We didn’t think our 2020 robot would be able to compete in the shooting challenges as well as some of the other robots in the field. Legacy was built to play Infinite Recharge, NOT IR@H.

Also, we wanted to build a new robot, because that is what we do each year. Plus, it gave our Team and especially the seniors, as close to a “real” build season as we could.

Splash3015 · March 28, 2021, 11:02pm

Which ratio option did you guys choose to use in your modules?

Clinton_Bolinger · March 28, 2021, 11:15pm

We are running the Standard Ratio of the MK3.

Traction and Wheelies are the limiting factor of us decreasing our times.

Clinton_Bolinger · March 28, 2021, 11:28pm

We just used clear shrink tubing that way we only need to buy one SKU, instead of buy Red and Black.

I would recommend shrink tubing over just using electrical tape.

Karthik · March 28, 2021, 11:59pm

Smaller than a max size FTC or VRC robot!

I’ve been a fan of small robots for a long time and love that you went in this direction in a year when it was very strategically advantageous.

RSimpson · March 29, 2021, 2:08am

Big Jealous of the annodized MK3, for the sake of time we decided not to, but man those turned out great! I love it!

Ryguy7824 · March 29, 2021, 3:05am

Would you be willing to share the SKU or the diameter of the shrink tubing you are using?

RonnieS · March 29, 2021, 4:51pm

This is extremely adorable. Very Nice.

-Ronnie

Zachary5940 · April 7, 2021, 2:27pm

What tread are you guys using?