Computer Aided Design (CAD) is the process of designing something, in this case our robot, on a computer before fabricating/assembling it. We use CAD on our team to get everyone on the same page while building our robot and to make sure it will actually work when we put it together!
Our intake is able to pick up game pieces off of the ground and index the game pieces into the shooter. All while being strong enough to survive impacts from all directions.
The shooting subsystem is designed to shoot notes at over 20 ft/sec at various angles. Some teams design shooters able to introduce spin to the game pieces, but ours could not.
This structure needs to be stable and rigid to support the arm.
This subsystem is in charge of moving the arm. We did calculations to calculate the forces each component would need to endure in order to decide which materials to use.
We are using the same swerve drive modules we used last year: The SDS mk4i swerve module. There is also a bumper resting on the perimeter of the robot with the purpose of cushioning the numerous heavy impacts our robot has with others.
This surface is for the majority of the electrical components of our robot. These components include but are not limited to: the battery, the power distribution hub, the control board, and many motor controllers.
This system's purpose is to move the robot up the chain during the endgame. Our design takes inspiration from team 125's climber design: using chains with custom hooks to a custom half-link that will move up and down with the chain.