Tag: Robotics

February 2024

Kaizen is a Japanese philosophy that means “continuous improvements”..

Since the beginning of the year, we have been making improvements on our clawbots with various sensors and additional code.

On our first version back in October, our robot had to have manual code for its 90-degree turns and forward movements to go from point A to B in a shortest possible time. Here is a sample demo video recording during grading.

In our last version in February, our robot is equipped with many more sensors that allow autonomous code (the programmer only codes for actions in response to data gathered by sensors and the robot paths the course itself ). In this example we have the robot move along a waved black path on the ground. In addition, it can grab, carry and unload articles by its claws from point A to B. Here is our sample demo video.

January 2024

This time our mission was to create a robot with enough power to win in a tug of war contest.

After trying many different robot structures and different gear ratios for the perfect torque to speed balance we built the perfect robot and won the challenge.

November 2023

We were tasked to create a robot for the Vex Dragster Race.

Building the robot was difficult because you needed to balance low weight with structural stability. After testing me and my partner came up with the design of a small robot with two back wheels and only a single front one with the gears and motor connected to the back wheels from the outside of the robot. In the end we had a tough race for first that came down to tenths of a second which we unfortunately lost, but 2nd place out a full classroom is still good.