Our Blue Team Robot Code:

This is the first year using our FRC codebase in competition, along with falcon 500s for swerving. It’s the first year that all components — intake, indexer, shooter, and climber — were all fully coded and tested. Additionally, it’s also the first year we have a fully working autonomous program that isn’t only Taxiing. Our autonomous shoots the pre-loaded cargo, intakes the next closest cargo, and shoots again before Taxiing. The link above will take you to our code, which we’ve gotten to work with acceleration curves, PID, and self-made subsystems and commands. Like for the rest of the robot, programming has also made large strides.

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Our Blue Team Robot Design:

The design of this robot was based on minimalism and avoiding a tall bot. This was also the first year we got our robot coated, so there was an aesthetic factor as well.

After working on swerve robot projects since the summer of last year, we’ve fully implemented swerve modules in our drive base this year, so that our robot had the maximum maneuverability. The goal was to reduce cycle time.

The robot has a pneumatically extendable and retractable intake over the bumper, which intakes the cargo into the indexer. From there, the robot can shoot at the high hub when the robot is directly touching the lower hub. The shooter has a flywheel powered by falcons.

Regarding our climb, we have a three-stage climb to lift the robot up. In order to traverse to get more points, we also have a rotating climb arm that hooks the robot in place so the three-stage climb can reach the next bar.

Overall, this robot has been a culmination of many experiments in past seasons and during off-season.

Our Red Team Robot Code:

With our FRC codebase in competition, and falcon 500s, it’s the first year that all components — intake, indexer, shooter, and climber — were coded and working for our members. We also successfully completed Taxiing in our autonomous. We were able to add limits to the elevator and rotational climb, which was successfully used in competition. The link above will take you to our code, with self-made subsystems and commands. This year was a great step for our team.

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Our Red Team Robot Design:

Because of our many CAD members, we decided to split the robot into multiple parts so that everyone could get CAD experience. There was the drivebase, the hood, the shooter, the intake, the indexer, and the climb. All members worked to create the design this year, even non-CAD members through input on mechanical and eletrical feasibility.

Using the same swerve modules as during the summer, we got a fully working swerve drivebase. This meant that no matter what, we had a good defense and defendable robot. This made shooting much easier, due to faster time in reaching a fixed position.

The robot has an inline intake, which intakes the cargo directly into the indexer. The ball is transported upwards with polycord. From there, the robot can shoot at the high hub when the robot is outside the tarmac. The shooter has a flywheel powered by falcons.

Regarding our climb, we have a elevator climb to lift the robot up. In order to traverse bars, we also have a rotating climb arm that hooks the robot in place so the robot can reach the next bar.

We sent the robot, once completed, off to Arizona, where we suceeded in climbing, intaking, driving, and shooting. The video of one match is linked at the side. Though there were some parts that needed replacing, the design of the robot was an overall success.