Team 24

Strategy: The basic strategy of our robot was to corral balls into the scoring trough

1) orient itself using the oponent's IR beacon

2) determine the color that it is starting on

3) finds where the block is placed

4) turn its rear towards the trough and reverses until it knock the first ball into the trough

5)  makes a 180 degree turn

6) wall follows back to the opposite corner to retrieve the a ball, once it reaches the ball it does a fast 180 to whip the ball back toward the direction of the trough from which it just came.

7) gets parallel to the wall and continues forward

8) makes a turn when it gets to the aisle where it does not detect the movable box.

Electronics used:

1 handyboard

3 LEDs/phototransistors

2 distance sensors

6 touch sensors

4 motors

1 servo

1 infrared beacon

Drive used:

differential

Features:

4 wheels,  2 of which are powered, 2 are for stability

2 motors per side

2 rigid arms capable of corralling balls

1 rear plate, used to  bump the first ball into the trough

Pictures Of Our Robot