2018 FRC Robot
I was the Lead Software Engineer this year in charge of the software of the robot but also was part of the design team. I managed a software team to code the functionality of the robot. I helped design the game piece manipulator for this year’s robot. I also was in charge of the drive team that operated the robot during the competition.
2018 FRC Robot Overview
The Objective:
This year’s object was to put cubes into two different tilting mechanisms where one was higher up in the air and one was on the ground. The side that has more cubes into it would get points which is dictated by the color.
The different parts of the robot:
Drivetrain: In charge of the robot driving and all main assemblies are connected to the drivetrain
Cube Manipulator: Collects the cubes from the ground and launches the cubes into the see-saw.
Arm: Moves the cube manipulator up and down
Video of the robot
Cube Manipulator
The cube manipulator mechanism uses wheels to bring in a cube connected to a motor. There are also compression springs that keep it compressed so it would launch the cube faster. There are different speeds of the motors that regulate how far we want the cube to launch. I later changed the system from a passive system to an active system where pistons controlled the compression of the system so it would be more precise when launching the cube.
