Educational Robotics

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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