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The drivetrain is the mobile base of the robot and utilizes mecanum wheels that allow the robot to drive sideways for extra agility. Our robot consists of a couple major sub-systems.
AGOBOT GITHUB DRIVER
Once the driver controller period begins, the alliances work together to stack as many blocks onto the foundation as high as possible, and at the end of the match, the teams must place a "capstone" at the top of their tower, drag the foundation with the stones on it out of the corner of the field, and park in that corner for extra points. In the initial autonomous period, tasks included scanning a line of stones to find the special "skystones" and placing them onto the foundation, dragging the foundation into a corner of the field, and parking under a structure in the center of the field.
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This year's main objective was transporting "stones" (giant yellow bricks) onto a foundation and stacking them as high as possible. (Our robot is the white and orange robot #9866) This page shows off what I and the team accomplished in our 5th year competing.Ī video of our performance at the state competition featuring commentary from me and my teammates. I've been the team leader for FTC team 9866 VIRUS for 5 years, and actively contributed to the CAD, building, and programming of the robot. The first 30 seconds of the match consist of an autonomous period where the robots must complete tasks on their own, and then 2 more minutes where the robot can be driven and commanded around the field. A match is played in a 2 vs 2 format with two teams forming an "alliance" to play against another alliance. FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) is a high school robotics competition in which students construct robots that move around a 12' x 12' playing field and manipulate game elements to score points.