Showing posts with label FIRST. Show all posts
Showing posts with label FIRST. Show all posts
Thursday, March 27, 2008
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Reaction to Westminster's Robotics Rookie All Star Win
I really enjoyed watching the robotics competition. My mom and I were sitting behind "1533-Triple Strange Team" with metallic orange capes, who were rooting for the blue alliance. (Which I later learned in match 49, that Westminster was a part of.)
The thing that I found the most interesting was robotic design. I noticed that teams went about making the "body" of their robot different shapes. I thought about all the research that must go into creating a sturdy "body" to support your "grabbing" apparatus. After watching our team and one other team with a triangular prism "body", I noticed that it was the most efficient.
I loved our robot's design the best. Not only was it lime green (which is awesome by the way), but it was the FASTEST, most sturdy looking, tallest robot that I saw. The suction used to push down and put up the blue ball was a great idea.
I was really impressed with our team. It takes a lot of talent from VERY smart people to create a robot that successful.
-Elizabeth (9th grade)
The thing that I found the most interesting was robotic design. I noticed that teams went about making the "body" of their robot different shapes. I thought about all the research that must go into creating a sturdy "body" to support your "grabbing" apparatus. After watching our team and one other team with a triangular prism "body", I noticed that it was the most efficient.
I loved our robot's design the best. Not only was it lime green (which is awesome by the way), but it was the FASTEST, most sturdy looking, tallest robot that I saw. The suction used to push down and put up the blue ball was a great idea.
I was really impressed with our team. It takes a lot of talent from VERY smart people to create a robot that successful.
-Elizabeth (9th grade)
Thursday, January 17, 2008
FIRST Robotics Challenge 2008
Saturday, January 5, 2008 marked the kickoff event at GA Tech for our robotics team in its rookie season in the FIRST Robotics Challenge.
This year's challenge involves a roughly 3.5' diameter ball being repeatedly knocked off, under, and over a 6.5' tall barrier while racing the robot around an oval race track. At the end of the round, there are bonus points for returning the ball to the top of the as shown in the first photo below. Here is the FIRST video describing the challenge .
Right now, we're exploring possibilities of using extendable arms, suction, and pneumatics to pick up and maneuver the ball.
We'll post our thoughts & progress on the challenge soon.
This year's challenge involves a roughly 3.5' diameter ball being repeatedly knocked off, under, and over a 6.5' tall barrier while racing the robot around an oval race track. At the end of the round, there are bonus points for returning the ball to the top of the as shown in the first photo below. Here is the FIRST video describing the challenge .
Right now, we're exploring possibilities of using extendable arms, suction, and pneumatics to pick up and maneuver the ball.We'll post our thoughts & progress on the challenge soon.
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