Team 57 Heinz "57 Varieties" at Legal Seafood after the Competition

Team 57 "Fried Inductor"

with Robot "Heinz"


how to kick ass in a robotics competition.


by Emily Craparo (emily1), Tet Matsuguchi (tet) and Matthew Mishrikey (matthewm).

In and outs of Heinz... no, it's not a porno site.

Physical Features

  • Wide, almost too big for the box.
  • Long, almost too big for the box.
  • Broken switches.
  • 9 LED's. 7 on the bottom, two for break sensors.
  • It has a ramp, in order to swallow a ball.
  • It has a shooter, which shoots the swallowed ball.
  • The ramp can carry a ball.
  • Break beam sensors to check if it has caught a ball.
  • Several touch sensors around the robot, of which only two were functional.
  • Shaft Encoders for each driving wheel, used to drive straight.
  • Servo-controlled steering wheel in the back.
  • Two driving wheels in the front.
  • Code feature: No comment.

    strategy...
    1.  loaf.
    2.  tear new asses.
    3.  defeat the mexicans.
    4.  defeat the russians.
    5.  Go back and forth along the the opponent's side's line, and pick up
    a ball, and shoot it to the other side.
    6.  Ignored all the codes/strategies for more complicated situations,
    because the shooter was acting up and not up to the standard required
    for more tasks.
    
    Competition Results
  • First Round-It picked up a ball and did nothing, due to the last minute change in the code. It panicked and beeped. 2-4. Qualified. Loss, but not counted as the first loss by mistake.
  • Second Round-Went against a team that false started twice. No placebo used. Picked up a ball, went to the neutral zone, unable to shoot the ball, dropped the ball back to the opponent's side. 2-2, declared double-loss. However, since Heinz took the ball to the neutral zone, thereby improving score during the match, we reclaimed a win.
  • Third Round-Couldn't pick up the first ball. Picked up the second ball, ran into the other robot, and dropped the ball before shooting it. First Loss.
  • Fourth Round-Picked up the first ball, and before it could back up, rammed by the other robot. 2-3. Second Loss. Eliminated.

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