The 2024 FIRST Robotics Competition game, CRESCENDO presented by Haas, featured a music-themed challenge where teams designed robots to score foam rings called "notes" into goals. During the 15-second autonomous period, robots scored notes without driver input. In the teleoperated phase, teams aimed to score in speakers and amps, with the possibility of amplifying the speaker for bonus points. In the endgame, robots climbed chains and launched notes onto elevated platforms for extra points. The game emphasized creativity, teamwork, and the fusion of STEM with the arts.
Our robot this year grabs and shoots notes. It has a swerve base and over the bumper intake and can grab notes from ground and source and shoot into trap, amp, and speaker. We also have added climb. We use code and logic to know where the note is at any time to make our drivers lives easier. Lime light and a camera are used to find april tags and acquire notes. The robot is made of multiple different types of material including, 3D printed filament, 60x60 61x61 62x62 aluminium and poly-carbonate HDPE pieces. Pneumatic pistons are used to deploy the intake and shooter and various types of motors (neo1.1, neo 5.50, vortex, falcon 500's) are used to run the various parts.