2008 FIRST Overdrive
Driver: Adam Horne
Operator: Matt Gera
Coach: Alex Sims
Robo-Coach: Michelle Hawley
Features
- Drive Train
- 6 Wheel Tank Drive
- 4 CIM motors driving 4 corner AM omni wheels and 2 center treaded IFI wheels
- 2 speed drive system
- Low-
- High-
- Manipolator
- Fork Lift
- Pick up ball from ground and place on top of robot
- Scissor Lift
- Lifted the trackball to the height of the overpass
- Able to hurdle a trackball over the overpass
- Able to place a trackball on top of the overpass
- Able to remove a trackball from the overpass
- Ball Punch
- Push the trackball off of the scissor lift to hurdle
- Able to knock trackball off of the overpass
- Back Posts
- Held trackball in place while scissor lift was up
- Able to fall down to allow the robot to drive under the overpass with the scissor lift up
- Autonomous
- Collision Avoidance
- Uses 3 sonars
- 1 on front
- 1 on left
- 1 on right
- Able to see a robot in the way, stop, and pass it on the side with the most room
- Able to cross 4 lines
Florida Regional
- 7 Wins – 1 Losses in Qualification Matches
- 9 Wins – 3 Losses Overall
- Ranked 3rd after Qualification Matches
- Allied with 348 and 801 for Elimination Matches
- Semi-Finalists
Bayou Regional
- 5 Wins -4 Losses in Qualification Matches
- 7 Wins – 6 Loss Overall
- Ranked 17th after Qualification Matches
- Allied with 832 and 1902 for Elimination Matches
- Semi-Finalists
Nationals: Newton Division
- 3 Wins – 4 Losses in Qualification Matches
- 3 Wins – 6 Losses Overall
- Ranked 44th after Qualification Matches
- Allied with 27 and 70 for Elimination Matches
- Quarter-Finalists
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