As we saw over at Newton Division, if we we could compile the pictures of every robot in the Curie Division, it would be to the mutual benefit of all teams in the division. At the bare minimum, a picture of your robot would be great. If you have pictures of other teams that you attended events with, that would be even better. Let’s get started with just my team, and make it to 100!:
I created this google doc for information on teams. If some of my information is wrong please correct it. Also there are a few teams that I could not find information on so if you know the information please add it.
And here is a photo of our robot equipped with a stinger that has already enabled a triple balance and was with 100% success on the Coop bridge.
Six wheel tank drive. 4 CIM’s. Great pushing power and traction.
We can cross the bump.
We can tip the bridge down from behind, or push the bridge up from the front for someone else to get on.
Yes, we are a long base robot, but we have a center wheel drop and an extremely low and back CoG. Thus, we can hang about 17 inches off of the bridge, and still be soundly situated on 4 wheels. See our quadruple balance at 45’s practice field here for more dynamics.
We are very willing to balance on the scoring bridge or co-op bridge, and can do both effectively and quickly.
Our shooting was about average at our two competitions, but at DC we discovered we had a Jaguar that was shorting. We have since fixed this and just yesterday we made 21 teleop-style three-point shots in a row without missing. We use a microsoft live webcam that we stripped of the IR filters and added a filter to only allow IR, and a beagle board off-board processing to not lag down the cRIO/processing (im not a programmer so my nomenclature could be wrong). This leaves us with an IR-based super accurate turreting shooter that won’t be affected by outside lights or colors.
We have a lot of experienced mentors, ranging from previous members of our team to programmers studying currently at Purdue University to the Senior Mentor of Indiana FIRST as our lead mentor. We are very well known for always having a part someone needs, so if you break down in qualifications/eliminations, we’re there to give you stuff. We even bring pneumatics even though we don’t have any on our robot.
I (the strategist of the team) will also talk to all 5 teams before every match in qual’s, so you can also guarantee a vast knowledge of our opponents and their game plans.
Here is our robot at bag and tag day. Since then, we have added a new bridge manipulator and balancing device. It should also let us consistantly score coop bridge balls in HM, rather than just capturing them.
We have a front wheel raised, 6 wheel drive drivetrain.
Wheels are 10 inches in diameter, and made of Baltic Birch - yes, that’s wood!
We weigh 119.9 pounds
We use AndyMark SuperShifter transmissions, with 2 CIMS
We have a brake system to allow us to completely stop at any spot.
We can do a complete 180 spin on the bridge.
We use two cameras to give us angle and distance, allowing for auto targeting from anywhere on the field.
Our HM shoots 2 in the 3 PT about 90% accuracy, but changes to the code should bring that to ~97%. We have scored as many as 4 in HM.
In TeleOp we can score from in front of the key, to on the other side of the barrier, and have also scored from the bridge. In our best match at DC, after FMS issues were solved, we scored 7 of 8 shots in the 3 point baskets, and balanced on the bridge.
Our overall OPR is 11th in Curie, which includes 3 matches at the Chesapeake Regional where due to FMS issues we didn’t move.
We were 5th Seed and Quarterfinalists at Chesapeake
We were 2nd Seed and Finalists at DC
We can cross the barrier and the bridge, and balance on both bridges.
