VEX Robotics is a student centered and lead robotics competition. Students work together to design, build, program, test, and compete with robots using NASA's engineering design process. Each year the game is different, and the robots have to be deigned specifically for the new games. This year's game is called Change Up.

The information below illustrates our building and programming progress.

NCCA VEX Robotics Engineering Design Process

NCCA Utilizes NASA's Engineering Design Process

Both NCCA Robotics Teams were represented in the finals round at Carrolton.

Some pictures of the work the students have done this year.

Tournament Carnage

2nd Prototype

Box Bot and 2nd Prototype

Ball Elevators and Flywheel

C Team Kill'n it!

1st Intake Prototype

2nd or 3rd Intake prototype

Ratchet

8682!

Omni Prototype

The Family!

Coding

Programming

This is the first year we have attempted to combine multiple sensor feeds to control our autonomous portions of the competition. Students has advanced in use of sensors and coding ability greatly as the year as progressed.

The video shown here is just one of many test runs accomplished by the team in order to tune and refine the capabilities of the robot. Note the self correcting actions the robot take in regards to the ball on the floor and the goal.

Our Autonomous programming uses the following to regulate the robot's actions:

PD loop for turns using inertial sensor
PID loop for all driving actions using motor encoders
2 Cameras to auto adjust to balls and goals
2 distance sensors

8682N Skills Autonomous

The team has made leaps in programming autonomous this year. They have incorporated 2 cameras, inertial and LIDAR sensors as well as PID loop controlling to help the robot navigate the field.

Please enjoy this video of what our robot can do autonomously.

The Engineering Design Notebook

Below is small sample of our engineering notebooks. Documentation is paramount when building complex products. In this case, we can review ideas that might work, edits to what didn't work, and create imperial data to lead our decisions.

NASA's 6 steps Introduction

Plan

Create

Improve

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