The FIRST game reveal took place on January 9, 2016. The game this year is Stronghold.
The robot should be able to: breach the other teams defenses (moat, low wall, portcullis, Cheval de Frise, Ramparts, drawbridge, sally port, and rough terrain), shoot balls in a low and high tower and scale the opposing alliance’s tower.
Our robot design
Our team made several creative solutions to meet the challenges presented by this year’s game.
The mandibles used to grab the ball was inspired by the antlion, one of the most fearsome insect predators.
We created what we term the ‘sucker punch’ to pick up and toss the boulders. Using a fan from a vacuum we create suction (the sucker part) and an internal mechanism punches (the punch part) the boulder off the sucker bowl into the tower.
More details coming soon.
Our robot ready for the match to begin. Our bumper color changes depending our the alliance we’ve been assigned to for the match. In this case, the red alliance.
We can lower the cover and sucker-punch on our robot so we can easily defeat the low bar defense.
The arm of the sucker-punch extends and punches out the ball, launching it toward the high goal.
The sucker-punch gets a boulder into the goal.
The suck-punch retracts after making a high goal.
The sucker-punch (the yellow bowl on an arm) picks up balls and shoots them.
Our robot is able to defeat the Sally Port defense alone. Many teams need a partner to open the door for them. We’re sporting blue this match for the blue alliance.
Our results
2016 – The prestigious Judges Award was awarded to our team at the Michigan State Championship on April 16, 2016.
2016 – Sierra was announced as a Dean’s List Award semi-finalist at the Lakeview district event on March 12, 2016
2016 – At the Lakeview district competition on March 10-12, 2016, Kitty holds the Innovation in Control Award we won for the second time in 2016.
2016 – Our team took 2nd place at the Kettering University FIRST Robotics District Competition #1 on March 3-5, 2016
2016 – Our team won the Innovation in Control Award at the Kettering University
FIRST Robotics District Competition #1 on March 3-5, 2016. Zach proudly holds it.
