Team 4272 2023 Robot: La Cucaracha

Team 4272 is proud to present our 11th robot - La Cucaracha.


This year we put a strong emphasis on robot reliability. The goal is to be difficult to kill - like a Cockroach.

Some fun Highlights:

Fun Cockroach Highlights:

  • No Pneumatics
  • Clean Command-Based Code
  • All Bearings retained with bolts
  • Rope-less Elevator instead using Timing-Belt and Chain
  • Custom MAVcoder and Spark Max Breakout to reduce the number of CAN devices
  • Standardized to Molex SL on CAN wires, Sensor Wires, and Neo Sensor Cables

Competing at:

FIN Princeton Event
FIN Tippecanoe Event

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I love the zip-tie strain relief built into your 3DP Spark Max mounts. We need to steal that idea :slight_smile:

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Cool. Please do. We are really happy with how this turned out.

CAD file for our design is here and on printables here.

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We’re very excited to see everyone at Princeton this weekend!!

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Noice! Looks VERY solid. See you this weekend!

coachroach

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We have a couple fun improvements for the Tippecanoe Event.

3 GP Auto

2.5 GP Auto (Cable Protector)

It’s going to be a great event. Can’t wait to see everyone tomorrow!!

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One more fun improvement for the world championship:

Bump Side 3GP Auto

Gotta keep our “Auto Game Piece” count up:

Can’t wait to play with all the teams in the Daly division!

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Here is our Robot CAD.

We had a lot of fun this season starting to use configurations in our robot CAD to really understand how the robot could move and would interact. Plenty of room for efficiency in our CAD setups, but overall we felt this was a big improvement for us compared to previous seasons. Used a lot of the recommendations for teams like 1678, 3005, and 3847 to keep ourselves organized.

Feel free to reach out with any questions.

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