2015 – Recycle Rush

May 14, 2015

Liz Thompson

Championships

Project Lead:

  • Austin “Silence Falls”

  • Shelby “Penguin”

Events attended:

  • San Diego Regional – Rank 45

  • Los Angeles Regional – Rank 65

  • St. Louis Championships (Curie Division) – Rank 51

Drive team:

  • Driver: Lynn “Doodlebug”

  • Co-Driver: Ezra “Zelda”

  • Human Player: Nicholas “Death the Kid”

  • Coach: Shelby “Penguin”

Autonomous:

  • Capable of driving forward to clear baseline

  • Unused: Capable of picking up all three yellow totes and clearing baseline. Tested extensively, but never used.

Overview:

  • Mecanum drive base

  • Pneumatic grab/lift system that could pick up totes from the side

    • Capable of a 3 tote stack

  • Passive 3D Printed handles that stabilized trashcan atop totes

  • navX gyro/accelerometer/magnetometer sensor that allowed a custom programmed mecanum drive that accelerated to top speed and decelerated to prevent tipping

  • Programmed in Java

    • First year where Java is introduced as main language in Team 702