Red Raider Robotics

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Year: 2011

Name: Jemo

How the name came to be: Mr. Nowak, a FHS teacher, was a major part in helping Kenya and its people to have better lives by building schools, libraries, and other buildings. While in Kenya, he would be called by his nickname, Jemo. Earlier this year, Mr. Nowak passed away from a car crash in Kenya. FRC Team 578 decided to name the robot after him as a kind of tribute to his passing.

What it does:

The robot is driven by 4 mecanum wheels each powered individually by SIM motors, using our custom made gear ratio for optimum speed.
On top of our frame we have a telescoping lift made out of aluminum stock powered by a window motor attached to a pully system.
On the lift we have a spreading mechanism powered by a pneumatic piston that spreads two shafts into a "V" shape and holds the intertubes in the center.
On the back of the robot we have a minibot deployment system powered by 2 pneumatic pistons attached to a slide.
Our electrical board is a two part board based underneath the robot deployment.
The robot is running a Mecanum drive train that can go at a maximum speed of about 15 feet per second.
It uses an elevator system that can reach all of the different peg heights.
A spreader claw grips the tubes from the inside out to make placing on the peg easy.

Name: BumbleBot (MiniBot)

What it does:

Minibot deploys and climbs in under 6 seconds combined.
uses two Tetrix motors
holds onto the pole using magnets
descends automatically and gently using motor braking