2018 power up
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We competed in FIRST Power Up as a 3rd year team. This year our challenge involved yellow milk crate shaped game pieces called Power Cubes. Teams start off autonomously delivering Power Cubes to the Switch or Scale. After autonomous, drivers take control and teams continue to score points by delivering Power Cubes to the Switch or Scale, or by delivering Power Cubes to the alliance's vault to gain Power Ups. There are three power ups available and they are: Boost, Force, and Levitate. These Power Ups allow teams to help their score for a certain period of time and such. At a period of the match called End Game, teams try to climb on the side of the Scale to get more points.
For more information about the competition, watch the official FIRST Power Up animation to the right. See below for information about the team's season and robot. |
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2018 Robot Info
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Auto
In the auto part of the game, our robot is able to deliver power cubes to the scale or switch for all possible combinations. The programming team used Java with command based to program auto and also used encoders,gyros and command groups. Elevator
Our elevator is made out of 80/20. We used sliders, a seat belt like material called webbing, pulleys and two CIM motors to make the elevator move up and down. Our elevator is also two stages. It's starting height is 54 inches and it can extend up to 7ft which allows us to place cubes on scale and switch. Cube intake
The cube intake used two 775 pros motors with 12 to 1 gearboxes. We used 4 complaint wheels in order to pick up the Power Cubes. The cube intake was attached to the outer stage of the elevator. |
Bridgewater District NE Mass Event
This was our team's first competition of this year's season. We ranked 19th. We were able to go on to quarter finals. We ended with a record of 5-9-0.
For more information, you can check us out at The Blue Alliance
For more information, you can check us out at The Blue Alliance
Revere NE District - Greater Boston Event
This was our team's second competition this year's season. We ranked 7th place with a record of 11-5-0. We were able to advance to the quarter finals. We won our 2 out of 3 matches, which allowed us to advance to semi finals. We also were in 57th out of 204 teams in the New England District which allowed us to move on to the New England District Championship.
For more information, you can check us out at The Blue Alliance
For more information, you can check us out at The Blue Alliance
New England District Champion
Due to our success in Bridgewater and Revere, we were able to compete in the 2018 District championship in Boston, Massachusetts. We ranked in 25 with a record of 7-5-0.
To see more information on how we did Districts, you can check out our matches at The Blue Alliance
To see more information on how we did Districts, you can check out our matches at The Blue Alliance
