2016 - 17: FIRST Tech Challenge Velocity Vortex
The robot, the pride and joy of the team. Well, not always the joy. This is not the first design for our robot, and this is not the second. This year, our robot has been very difficult to make and the current robot has been made through a lot of trial and error.
Our strategy is to shoot and cap during teleop. During autonomous, our goal is to push beacons and shoot but the beacon park is not done yet. In order to accomplish these tasks our robot has a shooter, collector and lift. Along with a semi-custom drive-train. The robot pictured on the right is nicknamed “Stephrambe Curry” because of our strategy to shoot. |
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Shooter
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Collector
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Cap Ball Lift
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Drive Train
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Awards:Chicago League Championship - Inspire Award Winner
Chicago League Championship - Innovate Award Finalist Chicago League Championship - Motivate Award Finalist Chicago League Championship - PTC Design Award Finalist Chicago League Championship - Think Award Finalist Chicago League Championship - Connect Award Finalist Illinois State Tournament: 19th place finish in Qualification Matches Mentors:Aaron Lee - Head Coach, Computer Science Teacher
George Austin - Faculty Advisory, Mentor, Physics Teacher Xiao Zhang - Mentor, Physics Teacher Mike Johnson - Business Mentor |
Team Members:Nathan S. - Captain, Driver
Olivia G. - Captain, Drive Team Coach Levi S. - Mechanical Lead, Driver James H. - Mechanical team, Driver Vlado V. - Mechanical team, Drive Team Coach Will P. - Mechanical team Cole R. - Head of Media, Engineering Notebook Editor Adam K. - CAD Team, Electrical Lead Cam F. - Mechanical team JJ B. - Programmer Max L. - Scout Team Gus C. - Programmer Elijah U. - Mechanical team, Scout team Owen B. - Mechanical team, Scout team Jeremiah B. - Mechanical team, Scout team |