Team 57 Heinz "57 Varieties" at Legal Seafood after the Competition
Team 57 "Fried Inductor"
with Robot "Heinz"
how to kick ass in a robotics competition.
by Emily Craparo (emily1), Tet Matsuguchi (tet) and
Matthew Mishrikey (matthewm).
In and outs of Heinz... no, it's not a porno site.
Physical Features
Wide, almost too big for the box.
Long, almost too big for the box.
Broken switches.
9 . 7 on the bottom,
two for break sensors.
It has a ramp, in order to swallow a ball.
It has a shooter, which shoots the swallowed ball.
The ramp can carry a ball.
Break beam sensors to check if it has caught a
ball.
Several touch sensors around the robot, of which only two were functional.
Shaft Encoders for each driving wheel, used to drive straight.
Servo-controlled steering wheel in the back.
Two driving wheels in the front.
Code feature: No comment.
strategy...
1. loaf.
2. tear new asses.
3. defeat the mexicans.
4. defeat the russians.
5. Go back and forth along the the opponent's side's line, and pick up
a ball, and shoot it to the other side.
6. Ignored all the codes/strategies for more complicated situations,
because the shooter was acting up and not up to the standard required
for more tasks.
Competition Results
First Round-It picked up a ball and did nothing, due to the
last minute change in the code. It panicked and beeped. 2-4.
Qualified. Loss, but not counted as the first loss by mistake.
Second Round-Went against a team that false started twice.
No placebo used. Picked up a ball, went to the neutral zone, unable to
shoot the ball, dropped the ball back to the opponent's side. 2-2,
declared double-loss. However, since Heinz took the ball to the neutral
zone, thereby improving score during the match, we reclaimed a win.
Third Round-Couldn't pick up the first ball. Picked up the
second ball, ran into the other robot, and dropped the ball before
shooting it. First Loss.
Fourth Round-Picked up the first ball, and before it could
back up, rammed by the other robot. 2-3. Second Loss. Eliminated.
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