1. 2017 Robot Priorities & Decision process

2. process Engineering Review Board met Sunday evening, 5:00 – 9:00 pm
Used QFD priority flow-down process
Attributes  Capabilities (What)  Mechanisms (How)
Attributes: What are the qualities of a great robot?
Capabilities: What should the robot be able to do?
From Sat & Sun breakout groups + Sat evening Strategy analysis
Good Vigorous discussion & debate. Decisions by consensus.
Clear list of priorities.
Reviewed all report-out sheets in cafeteria.
Great set of robot concepts and potential mechanisms
Identified initial tasks & highest priority for prototyping:
Identify a drive system that can quickly, easily, reliably cross all the B & D defenses

3. Engineering review board 2017
Doug Wildes
Rose Barra
Chris Mars
Audrey McMahon
Carl Springli
Justin Page
Mike Kimball
Helen Gutelius
Bobby VanNess
Nikita Karpunin (Prototyping)
Tom Vierling
Wesley Turner (Design)
Dana Walsh
Mikayla Hugg (Manufacturing)
Paul Myers
Adam Dolezel (Assembly)
Joe Barra
Roland Rao (Programming)
Other candidates: Isabel Rodrigues (Assembly), Sydney Walker (Programming)
Jonathan LaFollette (Design mentor), Wes Turner (Programming mentor), J. Jay McMahon, Heather Myers

4. What are the qualities of a great robot?
Robot attributes
What are the qualities of a great robot?
Attributes
Importance
Score points (Win matches) 10
Earn ranking points (captain)
Simple (mech & program) 8
Robust & Maintainable
7 → 8
Consistent performance 6
Design Low Risk
Easy to drive & target 5
Good alliance partner / pickable
How well will we achieve these?
We’ll find out at competitions…

5. All possibilities, no priorities
Robot capabilities
Score in High Goal
Drive Fast
Score High in contact w Boiler
Don't get pushed askew
Score High over another Robot
Push Hopper w corner of robot
Score High from beside Airship
Move sideways to align w Goal, Peg, …
Score High from near Hopper
Push other Robots
Be Agile
Score in Low Goal
Dump Fuel into other Robots
Camera(s) for drivers
Camera for High Goal alignment
Place a Gear on a Peg
Camera for Peg alignment
Leave Gear on Peg (w/o Pilot)
Vision auto-targeting
Follow lines on field
Climb a Rope
Auto
Collect Fuel from Floor
Score a Gear
Collect Fuel from Hopper or Load Station
Load Fuel from Hopper
Accept Fuel from other Robots
Score Fuel in Boiler
Catch missed High Goal shots
Use field elements to align
Collect Gear from Load Station
Collect Gear from Floor
Transport Fuel
Load Gear & Fuel at same location
Transport > 120 Fuel (1 RP in Tele)
All possibilities, no priorities

6. “Quality Function Deployment”
Attributes
Importance
Place a Gear on a Peg
Transport > 120 Fuel (1 RP in Tele)
Collect Gear from Load Station
Camera(s) for drivers
Catch missed High Goal shots
Collect Fuel from Hopper
Collect Fuel from Floor
Drive Fast
Don't get pushed askew
Load Gear & Fuel at same location
Score in Low Goal
Auto: score points
Accept Fuel from other Robots
Climb a Rope
Score in High Goal
Move sideways to align w Goal, Peg, …
Collect Gear from Floor
Total
Earn ranking points (captain) 10 M H L
650
Score points (Win matches)
890
Robust & Maintainable 8
840
Simple (mech & program)
696
Consistent performance 6
570
Design Low Risk
522
Easy to drive & target 5
455
Good alliance partner / pickable
395
386
378
372
356
336
332
324
318
302
300
292
280
266
256
248
138
134
QFD
“Quality Function Deployment”
Capabilities
Risk vs. Reward Tradeoff

7. Capabilities

8. Major mechanisms & tradeoffs
Reward
Risk
Fuel in High Goal 6 8
Fuel in Low Goal 2 4
Fuel from Floor & Ball Path 5
Fuel from Hopper or Load Station 3
Gear on Peg, wait for Pilot 1
Gear on Peg & drive away
Climb Rope 7 10
2-Speed Drive Gearbox
One person’s view, not team consensus!

9. Scoring & Strategy
Fuel to High Goal to 40 kPa = 1 RP is a good 1-robot strategy
3 cycles & 65% accuracy = 50 points + 1 RP
MAX 200 points (5/sec x 2 min / 3 fuel/point)
Necessary to rank high in Regionals
Gears to 4 Rotors is a better 2-robot strategy
12 cycles = 160 points + 1 RP or 100 bonus = 260 points
Necessary to do well in Playoffs & at Championship

10. Prototyping priorities & Leaders
Can we reliably score in the High Goal?
Bobby – conveyor
Carl – flywheel
Mr. Van Tine - catapult
Robot Concept models – Will it all fit?
Wesley – low goal bot
Tom V, Mike – high goal bots
Include gear, climber, fuel handling
Floor pickup & fuel path?
Climb the Rope
Floor Intake for Fuel
Decision ASAP
No later than Sunday AM