Picture of our robot in Regis shop. The robot is at full extension, showing the path of a foam disc through the multiple mechanisms. Clear view of the intake, elevator, shooter, and electrical wiring.
Part of the 2024 challenge was climbing a chain; we added hooks to the elevator on the robot we used to run our shooter. This is a picture of our robot climbing. We also needed to pick up and shoot foam orange discs.
this is the Onshape file used to create our 2024 competition robot
https://cad.onshape.com/publications/82156c50ecdfcb1c7bd5484c/w/fe75049139890304e7648800/e/5c92b3b44acc65c559f8be04?renderMode=0&uiState=66d9eab61e18fe52795f..
Our 2023 First Robotics Challange Robot placing a Cone on the scoring peg. You can see the pneumatic claw built to hold the cones, 4 bar mechanism used to lift cones vertically and the telescoping arm built for extra range
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