Los Angeles

Summary

Date: March 9-12, 2016

Rank: 21

Record: 7-6-0

Awards: Judges' Award, for Roger Fachini's construction of a high gain antenna and relay computer, as well as a portable version control server, at our workshop in order to gain adequate internet connection for software development.

Highlights

• Our robot was one of only a few that could consistently scale the high bar at the end of the match.
• Our robot proved that it could cross every defense, and shoot balls in both high (inconsistent) and low (consistent) goals.
• Our robot faced field network difficulties in one of the early qualifications matches, causing us to be immobile for a majority of the round.
• We formed an alliance with teams 399 and 5089.
• During our second quarterfinal match, our robot was flipped over by the opposing team, causing motors to catch fire, the intake to be damaged, a CANTalon to fry, and the 12V electrical system to have 26 recorded faults by the end of that match.
• Jason Fowler and Brandon Bahn were able to replace the motor in the fifteen minutes before the next match, but the intake was non-functioning for the rest of the tournament.
• We qualified for semifinals after winning quarterfinals, but lost two rounds in a row.

Changes

Hardware

The intake motors and electronics were fixed/replaced. The old metal intake shovel was replaced with a sturdy yet flexible and light polycarbonate version.

Software

• Camera code with a modded camera server was added, primarily in the files CameraCodeModded.java, Robot.java, and ChangeCameraCommand.java files.
• StubCommand.java, TriggerCollection.java, DriveDistanceCommand.java and LEDs.java (for the robot's decorative LED lights) were added.
• InterceptorPS.java and Auton1Command.java were deleted as they were no longer necessary.