Experiences I’ve Gained, being in FIRST Robotics Being on a First Robotics team, Cat Attack team 451, was a lot of fun during high school, but it’s quite stressful as well. Every year in January, the game is announced and we are given six weeks to build a robot. The stress comes from having to build a fully functioning robot in such a short time. The total time we meet and worked adds up to be 64 hours. During these 64 hours: We found out what the function of the robotic is supposed to be able to do “is it suppose to climb or throw.” After that we brain stormed on the design and build of the robot. will be doing. However, how is it going to do it, this was often the hardest part for me was coming up with something from nothing. They also have …show more content…
After everyone arrived the pit crew gathered in our stand in the pit area. We unpacked the robot and put the two mechanisms on, which we took off before sealing Cat-a-pult, to continue working on them. Then we made sure that Cat-a-pult functioned correctly before the practice matches began. In those matches we were playing a little bit of catch up, because the first practice match we were in we just sat there doing absolutely nothing. In my mind the only thing going on was “why are we doing nothing?” Turns out the Ethernet cable connecting to some electronic board came unplugged or we Seth forgot to plug it in, or just swiftly did the wiring. It’s very hard to tell with his personality, he was more like a robot than a person at times. After practice matches ended that day we headed over to the hotels to end the night. In day 2 qualification and elimination rounds were held. During the qualification rounds you’re ranked by how many wins and losses you’ve accumulated. During the practice matches we focused on fixing all the problems we had with Cat-a-pult. After we fixed everything we started working on the autonomous code to score in the high goal. After qualification rounds are over, this year we actually ranked in the top 20 of 50 …show more content…
A total of nine, 3 cell teams, so only 27 teams, competed in these rounds. The top 9 teams are the captains and they pick the teams they wanted these moments are the most suspenseful out of the entire competition. You feel like there’s a heavy weight on your chest and throughout your body of “are they going to pick us, please call our team!” Team after team began being called up to the arena, filling up those 18 spots, not one being us. That feeling of not being picked just intensifies. With only a few spots left, we ended up being on top of the list from all the names removed. 5…4…3 the spaces just continued to shrink while our nerves grew more on edge and the feeling of not being picked intensified. Soon only one spot was left, my mind and probably everyone else’s screamed “pick us”, then they called the team #4…5… this is it we’re going to get picked, with that feeling of being picked, was ultimately crushed 4509 not 451, and this robot was ultimately just a wooden box, again a
A match is won by the first side winning two games. The first two games of a match are played to 15 points. If each side wins one game, a tiebreaker game is played to 11 points.
Sweat plummeting down their faces as they catapult yet another girl into the air; each flyer aiming higher than the last go rounds. Their whole body aches and begs for a moment of rest, but they never surrender to the pain. For the hundredth time, they’ve reviewed their two minute routine and for the hundredth time they tumbled non-stop. Knowing that all this hard-work, had the ability to raise a smile onto the face of someone watching. Knowing that at every game, they can provide the match, to lighten up the mood.
There is then an awards ceremony where the judges total up the scores and the team with the highest score wins first place and the next highest wins second place, and it goes on from there. With the adrenaline rush from performing and competitive aspect of this type of cheerleading, it is no surprise that “competitive cheerleading is currently one of the fastest growing sports in the world”
Throughout the single elimination brackets, every team was one match away from being knocked out of the tournament. The pressure of knockouts rippled through the semi final match ups, as Shenton College #3 had to watch an epic three round, two-and-a-half-hour semi finals with Churchlands SHS vs Shenton College Team #1. The result going in favour of Churchlands, with MVP performances by Fudge, Jax, Krilltaz and Kelleyyy.
Over the course of history, technology has had many advancements that human beings thought they would never be able to witness in their lifetimes. Today, many people never thought they would live to see the creation of robots. However, forms
For our final project, we have chosen to build a robot, using the Legos Mindstorm
What do you think of when you hear the word ‘robots’? If you think they are only the stuff of space movies and science fiction novels, then think again. Nowadays, service-providing robots have been considered no more as fictitious thoughts made by insane scientists and professors; People have seen it become a reality. Within the past few years, many robotic products in different fields, industrial, manufacturing, and medical sectors have come out to provide simple and complex services for humans. Robots are the largest growing technological devices in the world since they perform many functions ranging from space exploration to medical procedures. Although, the field of medical robotics is a relatively new area, demand for these products have
Technology can now build robots that interact with people and perform routine workplace tasks. Modern robots can even adapt to behavioral tasks. According to Rodney Brooks, Co-Founder and President of Rethink Robotics, these technologies will reshape low skill and dangerous tasks throughout the workforce over the next 10 to 15 years. Mr. Brooks was interviewed by McKinsey Global Institute Partner, Michael Chui, in a recent publication.
During middle school, my interest in creating things had sparked brighter than ever. Each creation kept me rolling down the same path. As I got more advanced, each set presented new challenges. After years of watching me enthralled in building custom sets, my dad enrolled me into a Lego Robotics tournament. One magical idea kept jumping to the next. What would I build? What task would I complete? From that point forward, I devoted every Saturday morning
My undergraduate course in the field of Electronics Engineering has given me a comprehensive exposure to all the core fields of computer science and mathematics. In my junior year, I participated in the prestigious robotic contest-Robocon 2007 with my peers. It was an eye-opening experience as I got an opportunity to manufacture a robot from scratch– from designing, assembling to programming. I was extensively involved in programming it, using C++ language for path planning and motion control. During this phase, I learned about different algorithmic strategies like Line and Sensor-based Algorithm, Fuzzy Logic etc. that could help the robot decide faster navigation and make correct decisions to avoid getting blocked kindling my interest in that area. Overall, it was a great learning and challenging experience as it gave me an insight into how the concepts of different branches of engineering culminate to make a robot and required a host of activities including problem solving, research and team-coordination to achieve our goal.
The excitement of seeing the robot work flawlessly made me study microcontrollers and microprocessors before it was formally introduced to us in fourth semester, in order to build a microcontroller based robot. This new robot, gave me the flexibility to use the same hardware, but experiment with different logic. While programming the robot, after several iterations of coding and flashing the system, I realized the practical advantages of modular programming. I then created modules per microcontroller peripheral and used the relevant module, based on the requirements of the project/problem statement. Using this robot, I participated in several inter-collegiate fests.
Robotics is the engineering process that involves the ‘conception, design, manufacture, and operation of robots.’
Technology is a huge part of modern life. New advances are announced seemingly on a daily basis and many people follow news about the latest technology almost religiously. Robotics is a big part of this advancement, and has the potential to affect many lives. Robots of a sort have already been helping make life easier and costing jobs for decades. Robots help build cars and other manufactured goods, safely dispose of explosives, and even explore other planets. Nearly everyone will be affected by the advance of robotics, whether they make someone’s job safer and easier, make products cheaper and more readily available, or even take over a type of job completely. Robotics is an important field for nearly everyone.