
VEX IQ 2022-2023 Slapshot
The Long Road to our Current Robot
Robot 1 – 1st & 3rd place – Taiwan Open – Hsinchu
Shooter: Rubber band spinner – 9:1 Gear ratio, 2 motors
Drive train: 4x Omni wheels, 2 motor, chain drive 2:1 gear ratio
Tipper plate: 1 motor, 1:5 gear ratio
Get disks from blue dispenser arm: 1 motor, 1:9 gear ratio
Problems:
Too big – Always bumping dispensers, can’t shoot from position between bar & yellow
Sometimes disks hop over bar
Getting disks from Yellow dispenser = Complicated
Robot 2 – Never went to competition
Shooter: Dual Puncher – 1: 3 Gear ratio, 1 motor
Drive train: 4x Omni wheels, 2 motor, chain/gear drive, 3:2 gear ratio
Chain Disk Transporter: 1: 3 Gear ratio, one motor
Spinner for Purple: Works with chain disk transporter motor, 21:1 Gear ratio
Tipper for Yellow: 1:5 Gear ratio, one motor
Arms for Blue: 1:3 Gear ratio (Chain), One motor
Problems:
Stacker jam – Game killer
Difficult to spin purple dispenser
Robot 3 – Going to competition in February
Shooter: Flywheel (5x 200 mm wheels), One motor, 10:1 Gear ratio
Drive train: 4x Omni wheels, 2 motor, chain drive, 3:2 gear ratio
Tipper plate: 1 motor, 1:5 gear ratio
Get disks from blue dispenser arm: 1 motor, 1:9 gear ratio
Drop disks from top collector: 1 motor, 1:3 gear ratio
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