This was the design that got them all the way there: A zip-tie sweep (on the front), a conveyor belt for the balls, and a rubber band-powered cannon.
The original bot was named "POJ", which stood for "Piece Of Junk." After qualifying for World, they completely tore the robot and started over, rebuilding the design with all the stuff they had learned at that competition. They called thew new bot "iPOJ," which was a pun off of iPhones and iPods. It stood for "Improved Piece Of Junk." |
"Sting," named that for its tendency to build of static electricity, took Team #3631 to World again, all the way through three qualifiers, the State Championship, and the Super-Regional.
He and team collected numerous awards, including a Judges award, a Rockwell Collins Innovative award, and Captain of the Winning Alliance. Its mechanisms included a zip-tie sweep for balls, an extendable conveyor belt to get the balls into tubes, a latch for the tube bases, and a spring-powered cannon for the 120cm goal. |
"Ringwraith" was a bulky bot from the start , and the newly purchased slides only added to it (it weighed 45ish pounds). It was a sturdy performer, carrying the team into the State Championship.
Together, he and the team received a PTC Creo Design Award and two third place Think Awards. Carlee received a third place Compass Award at State. Ringwraith initially started with spinning wheels, moved onto a cannon, and finished with a popper. It also had a lift for the cap ball, which managed t remove the ball by rocking the robot. It also could press beacons, and store up to two balls inside its confines. We bought some mecunam wheels before the State Competition. They allowed us to move diagonally and side-to-side. This helped us in our matches. We won the Captain of the Winning Alliance and the Think Award at the Semo Qualifier. Brian got a first place Compass Award in State. |
The 2017-2018 started of with our first robot, who was named, "Balrog." He was very cubical since the beginning. He helped use to get all the way to Super-Regionals that year.
We reused last years slides to pick up the cubes in the 2017-18 game challenge. We started out the year with our robot using regular wheels. |