Kickoff 2015

Recycle Rush is this year's game for the 2015 FIRST Robotics Challenge. Different from last year, there is not real head to head competition, but instead teams work together to move, stack and score as many totes, barrels and pool noodles as possible in the match time frame.

This game is going to be a much greater challenge than last year for a few reasons. Firstly, there is very little room for robots that are unable to pickup and stack totes. Last year there was a low goal so even bots that were not able to pick up the ball could still push it through the lower scoring area. While it is possible for a bot to push a tote into scoring position, this is a slow process and having several single layer totes will make it difficult to navigate the field. As a team we have decided to go for the entire challenge and build a robot that is capable manipulating and stacking each of the field objects. We are also looking into different drive systems to create a more nimble and responsive robot.

We are off to a great start. Hopefully we'll have progress to report very soon!