Technical Breakdown - 1200C
Toss Up |
The goal of our team this year was to build a strong, simple, and efficient program at our club. In addition we wanted to qualify for US Open and Worlds. The main focus of our robot design be an efficient scorer that performed well in the both the skills challenges and in competition.
We began our year using side rollers at our first competition, meant to focus on scoring large balls. However, we decided that a top roller was a stronger intake type for bucky balls, which we decided was more important after seeing how easily matches were won when employing an autonomous that scored three in the tower. For the rest of the year we used the top roller, six bar lift design coupled with a backwards pneumatic launcher and a unique one-way bearing winch hang. One of our most important goals this year was to use strategy to out-think our opponents. During the summer, we asked the mentors to host a series of strategy meetings shortly after the 2013 Sack Attack Worlds Competition. During this time we created basic strategies with our sister teams in order to give us an edge against our competition. These strategies were employed throughout the year against each other and other teams. The strategy meetings also led to complementary autonomi and stronger bonds between the members of the club, leaving a stronger club overall. We won 12 awards this year:
We learned a lot about organizing groups for a strong unified effort, programming, and strategy. Three of us are seniors while the rest are sophomores. Most of us will still be involved with the club, but we all look forward to the following years to come! |
Sack Attack |
The goal of our team in the Sack Attack season was to teach the incoming freshmen (who joined the team) about VEX and working as a team. We focused on building a strong, unique robot that was meant to be more defensive in a game dominated by somewhat weak 4 motor speed drives. The freshmen were involved with building, driving, and programming, and learned a great deal about the game.
Using the strong defensive and capping abilities of our robot, we won the equivalent to our state's best competition. |
Gateway |
This team focused mainly on learning, the design process, and having fun. We added our own personal twists to our robots and even named the one we took to worlds after Chuck Norris.
Summary of Awards: 1x Technology Divisional-World Championship Excellence Award 5x Design Award (qualified us for World Championship) 1x Air Force Sportsmanship |