2009
In 2009 we had a 4 wheel drive robot with a shooter mechanism related to Sgt. York, our 2006 sharpshooter. The robot could actually score a few balls in autonomous mode, and had software traction control that allowed better than average manouverability. The robot was reasonably successful on the field, and we were amazed and honored to receive the Chairman's award at the Granite State Regional! We were also pleased to receive the website award. We then competed at the Champoinship event as well as four off season tournaments.
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2008
In 2008, we had two competing design concepts, a hurdler and a fast lap bot. We built both with the intention of using which ever worked best and scored the most. Then during week 6 we decided to create a single robot that could exist in either configuration, with both configurations meeting requirements, including combined weight. Although we achieved this goal, the GDC ruled that it was two robots. We chose to compete with Fezzik, the hurdler, and it competed well at GSR, and eventually in our first ever trip to IRI. In the off season we used both configurations as separate robots whenever possible. SpeedRacer came into his own as a crowd pleaser, and a strong competitor as well.
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2007
In 2007 we set out to build a complicated robot, but we were not able to have it completely functional for the regional. Later, we made a new ramp and a new kind of arm, which were both much simpler and scored more than the previous design. We had fun in several off-season tournaments with the revised robot.
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2006
In 2006, we built a sharp shooter, Sgt. York. Its shooting mechanism worked well enough to allow us to come in 7th seed and win the BAE Granite State Regional. We improved it for the Championship event and won several off-season competitions.
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2005
In 2005, our rookie year, we built a robot called Elvis, "king of rack and rail." It was not completely working for the BAE Granite State Regional, but we got it to score several tetras each match by the off-season tournaments.
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