Robot History
2010 History - in the making!
Archived 2009 Robot
2009 brought the return of the shooter. The robot would acquire “moon rocks” from the floor and deliver them to the shooter via a system of rollers.
2009 Details
• 6 wheel drive with high/low shifting
• 36V DeWalt drill transmissions
• System of rollers to deliver moon rocks to the shooter
• Dual wheeled shooter
• Camera used to focus shooter on opponents goal and adjust for distance
• Waypoint navigation in autonomous mode using gyro and encoders
• Custom encoders made with light sensors
• Low friction turret design
Archived 2008 Robot 
In 2008, team RUSH had to create a robot that would race around the track and knock down 40" inflatable trackballs. Moving the trackballs around the field either over or under the overpass that is 6'6". By the end of the match, if your robot placed the trackball above the overpass you would receive extra points. Our robot had a harvester that would obtain the trackball. Once obtained, we could catapult the trackball over the overpass.
2008 Details:
- First use of IR Controller and Robocoach
- Transmission packages design by Dennis Hughes
- High/low shifting
- Light sensor used to detect when ball was in rollers
- Dynamic PID Algorithm
- 6 wheel drive
- Used catapult to launch ball over overpass
- Gyro used to track straight
Archived 2007 Robot
The 2007 robot was the loudest robot we had ever had. When the robot opened up to allow other robots to drive up on top of it, you would hear a loud "KABOOM" in the arena! Everyone knew in the stadium that we were ready for business!
2007 Details:
- Camera to lock onto target
- Lift two robots 12 inches; 8 foot by 4 foot ramp
- 6 wheel drive
- Dual roller grabber
- Drive shifting from low gear to high gear
- Ability to score on low and middle goal
- Teeter-totter pivot to give us a mechanical advantage during lifting
Archived 2006 Robot
The first "shooter" robot in our history. The game was basically basketball and we played! The harvester on the bottom swept up balls, which cycled through the robot and shot out of the top! It was a GREAT robot!
2006 Details:
- Camera to lock onto target
- Dual Wheeled Shooter
- Harvester that allows us to grab balls from any angle
- 6 wheel drive
- PID controlled turret.
- Multiple on-the-fly auton modes.
- Ball Container sorts the balls and feeds them to the ball tube.
- 2 speed transmission.