Our Robot!
Dubbed thus by incidents involving static electricity, Sparky is this year's iteration of our robot. We have a new chassis for this year's robot Some notable features include:
Dual Viper Slides
New Encoder Cables to Advance Programming
Our claw so it can grab the blocks.
The 90 degree motor grounds we put on the robot.
Last year, Sparky lead us to a victory as captain of the winning alliance at the Bismarck Qualifier, and to a notable placing as first pick of the finalist alliance at the Fargo Qualifier.
Also won at the Bismarck Qualifer and State were 1st Place Motivate Awards.
Our first robot this year was named Shaq, due to how it scored by "dunking." With Shaq, we placed 7th in preliminaries at the Fargo Qualifier, and won the Design Award, and the 3rd place Inspire Award . Since then, we've rebuilt our robot to be more effective. This new version, the Scorpion, will make its debut at the Bismarck FTC Qualifier.
Both robots this year have taken advantage of the GoBilda Strafer chassis, as well as multiple viper slides.