Our Robot on 2-10-12

This is our robot as of 2-10-2012. We have 10 more days to work on it before the ship date for our first regional match.

Currently, we have a working pneumatic shooter, and have almost mastered shooting at the highest hoop. The collector hardware is mounted, but we are still working on the belt system. We are able to drive over “The Bump”, but we need to make some adjustments to the location of the arm when we are traveling over it.

We’ve made a lot of progress in the last week and currently we can Drive, Shoot, and go over “The Bump”. We’re happy with that, but will need a lot of refinement over the next 10 days!

At the kickoff Saturday January 7th 2012 we identified three challenges:

• Shooting
• Collecting balls
• The ability to drive over the 4 in tall and 6 in wide “bump” between the bridges on the field

We have been working on these challenges for the past two weeks and have come a long way.

• For our shooter we are using pneumatics to launch the ball into the hoop

• For the collector, we are using belts (No pic yet)

•  We put an eight wheel drive system to help with the “bump”

Cleveland, OH Kickoff
January 7, 2012 09:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Cuyahoga Community College Unified Technologies Center (UTC)
Due to space and budget considerations, attendance is limited to five students per team.

Pittsburgh Regional
March 8 – 10, 2012
Pitt Petersen Event Center
Pittsburgh, PA
Maps and Directions

Buckeye Regional
March 22 – 24, 2012
Wolstein Center
Cleveland, OH
Map and Directions

FIRST Championships
April 25-28, 2012
St. Louis, Missouri