Our Current Robot

Current Robot

This years robot (which is currently unnamed) uses Mecanum wheels, allowing the robot to smoothly travel in all directions. It is designed to be low enough to be able to drive under the tunnel, but testing has revealed that it can successfully drive over the field bumps, as long as the driver knows how to do this.

The kicking mechanism is powered by surgical tubing, stretched by a cam. The robot is currently driving without a problem, with the kicking mechanism about to be added.

Breakaway

This years game titled "Breakaway" is a soccer styled game in which each alliance of three teams struggles to score more points than the opposing alliance. Points are scored by kicking soccer balls into goals. There are four goals, two for each alliance, and three sections of the field. One robot from each alliance starts in each section. As the game begins the robots operate in autonomous mode for 15 seconds after which the drivers take control. The robots may move from section to section by climbing over bumps or under a tunnel, with the exception that only one robot from each alliance can be in the defending section at a time. Balls that have been scored are returned to the field by team members via an overhead track. Scoring is recorded as such: 1 point for every soccer ball that makes it into the goal, 2 points for a robot hanging off of one of the two towers at the end of the match, and 3 points for a robot hanging off of another robot at the end of the round.

The 2010 game animation can be seen above or here, if video doesn't load.

Previous Robots

Go the the Previous Robots page to view all of the robots which we have made in past years.