Name: Sir Kay

Year: 2013

Weight: 120 lbs

Programming Language: Labview

Status: In Storage

Game: Ultimate Ascent

Size: 26.75″ x 36.75″ x 60″

Competition History

• Northern Lights Regional: Winner, Innovation in Control
• Colorado Regional: Winner, Industrial Design
• World Competition: Galileo Division finalists

Features

• Drive Train
  • 6 wheel blue-nitrile West Coast drivetrain
  • High Gear 16 ft/s
  • Low Gear 3 ft/s
  • 8″x1″ IFI Traction Wheels 4wd Wide Base w/ Blue Nitrile
• Shooter
  • Frisbee is gripped tight by wedgetop tread on IFI shooter wheel and compression of pool noodle foam on outer curve of shooter channel
  • Powered by two medium CIM motors
  • Output angle of shooter is lined up to 3 point goal when robot is flush to the feeder station
  • Frisbee runs along tracks to allow free flow of air under the frisbee
  • Visual Tracking Assistant (Not Override)
  • Hall effect sensor measures the period between flywheel revolutions
  • Vertical angle of shooter is adjusted by a lead screw powered by a window motor
  • Grayhill motor encoder allows for precise adjustment and presets
  • 3 presets for feeder station, mid-field, and pyramid
  • Manual control for slight adjustments
  • Adjusted by a custom two-speed bang-bang controller which allows us to reach presets with minimum oscillation.
• Lifting Mechanism
  • Lifting mechanism powered by two pneumatic pistons
  • Two “isolated” air tanks dedicated to lifting ensure we can always lift even if we are out of air for shooting and shifting
  • Limit switch triggers to allow for automatic lifting
  • Driver simply holds a button and the robot will lift when the limit switch is triggered