Cove, OR
Rover Rucus 2018-2019
This was our first year in robotics, and we are proud of where we got!
To the left is our final design, the Giraffe Man, named by Connor.
RESULTS
In the 2018-2019 Rover Ruckus event, we placed second in the Columbia Basin League qualification round. In the elimination round, we placed first as a group, but second in our team, qualifying us for the semi-qualifiers, which were canceled, bringing us to state. At state we got 10th in the Tech devision (their were two divisons with 32 teams each, Timeber and Tech,) and 25th out of the entire thing.
The Design
The gears work with a gear reduction drive off the motor below. At the top, a gear is bolted to a beam with the hook and claw attached. The entire reduction drive is on two beams bolted to the beam below the visible motor. The piece on the left side angled down with the red numbers is a support bracket.
Our hook was cut by a plasma torch at the school shop and attached to the bar underneath it, which was originally a T bar that was removed because of its ineffectiveness. The hook assembly is about halfway up the boom.
The Autonomous
The autonomous works by programmed instructions, this code works by a time set for our motors power. The robot will disembark, detach from the hook, and then proceed to claim the depot and go to the crater. All of the autonomous we have work in similar process.