2020-21 Season Robot, Tacky

Our 2020-21 season robot is Tacky! 

Our goal when designing Tacky was to get as many points as possible, after many alterations to every aspect of the robot we have arrived at our final design. Similar to the way we split up the robot when building it the robot is categorized into four main parts. Part one is the wheelbase and platform, we used omni directional wheels connected to a simple rectangular wheelbase, on top of that is an angled platform that is made up of angled metal pieces that hold up our homemade laser cut platform. This platform is at a 30 degree angle, with lots of testing we discovered that this was the optimal angle. The second part is the intake system and ring cashe. The intake is made up of three large hex axles with different sized green squishy wheels on each one. They are all powered by one motor and connected by two chains and four gears. The intake is mounted on the intake ramp that extends using linear slides, and a servo. The ring cash is mounted on the wheelbase and is used to hold three rings that can be launched later on. The third part of the robot is the launcher system, this consists of a flywheel that is mounted in the middle of the platform and a servo with a bar that slides under the ring cash and moves one ring  at a time into the flywheel. The rings are then launched into either the middle or upper goal or the power shot goal. The fourth and last part of the robot is the grabber arm, the grabber arm is used to preload, pick up, and move the wobble goal throughout the game to maximize points. The claw is made up of a servo (that moves the rack and pinion claw) and a hinge that is powered by a motor (to move the arm back and forth) the arm can pick up the wobble goal and move it into the drop zone.