Mechanical
Chassis:
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Square chassis: 28” x 28”
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3” MAXswerve wheels
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10 neo brushless motors (in total) with 5 being Neo 50's
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4 wheels
Intake:
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Over the bumper intake
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Rotates 180 degrees over bumper
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Two sets of wheels​
Intake Challenges Faced During Building Season:
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Making the pivot
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Having the intake clear the bumper
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Spacing, as we didn't account for the bolthead
Shooter:
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Split into two parts - Indexer and main Shooter
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Adjust the angle after the handoff
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Two sets of four wheels spin up to speed and shoot out the note
Shooter Challenges Faced During Building Season:
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It doesn’t have as much power as we would like
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Have to shoot closer to the speaker than the originally intended
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Electrical
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Electrical Board:
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1 Polycarbonate piece - Bolted on
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PDH
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It contains all electronics minus the motor and some controllers
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Controls 15 motors
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Located underneath the intake and shooter
Electrical Board Challenges Faced During Building Season:
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Putting on the board so it didn't interfere with intake and control power draw
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Planning out the wiring so that it would be neat
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Avoiding loose connections
Robot Wiring​
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Signals are made by a chain of CAN-bus that circles the robot
Programming
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Primary Programming Language: Java ​
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Programming Features
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The robot was programmed using combo commands
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The robot can do multiple things at once​
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Go to pre-programmed positions
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Swerve Drive:
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Controlled by two X-box controllers
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​One for the driver
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One for the operator
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Manual / Safe mode is programmed to disable combo commands and enable manual commands (In case of an emergency)
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