FRC | 2017 | FIRST STEAMWORKS

Two alliances of three individual teams and their robots compete on a field to score “match” point to win the game and ranking points to advance to playoff rounds. The game has a steampunk theme and teams are required to shoot wiffle balls which represent fuel into a simulated boiler which transfers the generated steam into an airship in the middle of the field. Each alliance has one airship, which they pressurize with steam from the boiler and load with plastic gears from the field. At the end of the match, robots can climb and hang on team-supplied ropes (or standard ropes supplied by FIRST) attached to the airship for additional points

Source

oUR 2017 robot
astraeus
  • Eight wheel 4” colson drive with 2 andymark CIMple Gear boxes geared for 13 feet per second
  • Short Configuration 36 in. by 40 in. by 24 in. tall 
  • Modified Andymark Kitbot Chassis
  • Fully passive system with gear ramp from the front of robot stretching to back of robot where the bucket was located. This allowed for easy and quick gear pickup.
  • 1 70:1 VersaPlanetary with a 775 Pro with a ½ hex shaft. A shaft coupler connected the climber hex shaft and ½ hex bore to create the 5 second climb. Velcro on the shaft with a velcro rope.
  • 45 ball capacity Back feed wheel connected to a 30:1 VP powered by a 775 Pro
    Agitator wheel connected to a 100:1 VP powered by a bag motor

Driver: Joshua Sass-Gregoire

Pilot: Paul Pace / Slader Moon

Human Player: Adrian Antoniw

Drive Coach: Andrew Azores

ONT District University of Waterloo Event

ONT District McMaster University Event

OUR ROBOT: ASTRAEUS
Robot CAD
DRIVE TEAM
(L to R) Andrew Azores, Slader Moon, Adrian Antoniw, Josh Sass-Gregoire
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