The RobotThe process of designing the robot took a long time due to the fact that before VEX the team was working on BEST. The design of the base hasn't changed as much as the arm has because the base was a simple H shaped base built 13 1/4'' wide and 17'' long. The arm went through several fazes starting out as a simple two piece arm, to reach the lower flags, which changed into a cascade lift, which had several problems such as the chain breaking and the lift getting caught on other parts of itself. The arm is currently being remade into a scissor lift in order to better fit the needs of the competition. This lift will, not only be able to reach the lower flags, but will also reach the post after successfully gripping and flipping the caps.
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Team 6865A Robot Model By Carter Strickland |
The TeamSydney Hoyt - Sydney is an amazing young woman that has come into the team as the documentation specialist. Her sketches as well as her organizational skills have lead to a notebook that effectively documents the process her team has gone through for the 2018-2019 season. She is an athlete and plans to attend Texas A&M University Corpus Christi to pursue a degree in Mechanical Engineering.
Bailey Hollman - Bailey is the team’s main programmer. He mentors our middle school VEX IQ team when they attend the club meetings. STEM has been his passion for several years and he shows this through the planning and execution of his projects. Bailey has been accepted into University of Texas Austin and will be continuing with Computer Science as his major. Michael Lankford - Michael is the quiet one on the team. He is a perfectionist that has worked hard on the construction of the team’s robot. He researches and tinkers with the robot everyday and has overcome some very difficult design challenges. When under pressure, he keeps calm and helps the team continue to work on their goals. Michael was accepted University of Houston and is pursuing Construction Management. Curtis Hart - Curtis is the team’s materials handler and has emerged as the main driver for the robot. He is able to adapt his strategy during competition and troubleshoot overall team strategy based on the robot’s functionality. Curtis is a senior and has been in the STEM program for all four years of high school. He has plans attend Lee College before moving into chemical or mechanical engineering pathway |
The TacticThe our team's objective is to have code that way we could possibly win the autonomous round. After autonomous, we will go for the top two flags, then go for the the flipping the caps and stacking them onto the tall post. At the end of the round, we will go for the center platform in order to defend our spot when other bots try to take over.Buy doing this, we will be ensuring that we are receiving as many points as possible.
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