2019 FRC Robot

I was the Lead Engineer in charge of the design and manufacturing of the entire robot for the 2019 FRC competition. I also was in charge of the drive team that operated the robot during the competition. I mainly prototyped and designed the ball intake, ball controller, and drivetrain of the robot. I oversaw the design of the hatch (disk object with a hole in the center) intake, elevator, and climber. I also manufactured over 60% of the parts using a CNC with MasterCAM.

2019 FRC Robot Overview

The Objective:

This year’s object was a space theme which included 2 kinds of spaceships, one was tall and the other was short. There are hatch panels which are disk-like objects with a hole in the middle that go in front of a target and a ball would go into the hole with a hatch inside. There was also a platform that you would have to climb up.

The different parts of the robot:

  • Drivetrain: In charge of the robot driving and all main assemblies are connected to the drivetrain

  • Ball and Hatch Manipulator: Intakes the balls and puts it into the spaceship

  • Elevator: Moves the mechanism up and down to reach different levels of the spaceship

  • Climber: Climbs to the top of a platform

Video of the robot

Drivetrain

I oversaw the design for the drivetrain and I manufactured the CNC for every aluminum piece in the drivetrain.

  • west coast drive

  • 6 neo motors

  • 6-inch tread wheels

  • 6061-T6 Aluminum

  • CNC all parts for weight savings

Ball and Hatch Manipulator

I designed and manufactured the using a CNC intake. There is a piston that would open and close the intake. When it is closed it would intake the disk-like object and when it is open would intake the ball. There would be chains connected from the motor and wheels that would make the wheels spin.

Climber

I oversaw the design and manufactured the climber. There were 2 pistons that would carry the front side of the robot and the other side would be connected to the elevator pushing up the other side of the robot and at the same time would have wheels that would pull the robot onto the platform. There are sensors that keep the robot balanced and the elevator-controlled mechanism controls the robot to make sure it is level while going up.