1. Dr. Chung-Hao Chen (ECE)
VEX U Robotics
Status Report 2
March 28, 2016
Dr. Chung-Hao Chen (ECE)
Dr. Gene Hou (MAE)
Allan Cahill
Timothy Clarke
Michael Darnell
Andrew Dearhart
Darryl Sampson
Richard Stinson

2. Completed Work

3. Programming Skills Challenge
Improved old score to place 1st in the world out of 50 teams that attempted the programming skills challenge
Received invitation to the 2016 VEX U World Championships (1 of 60 attending)
All points were scored with a single robot, using a logarithmic spiral cam

4. Request for Funds
Registered for the world championships thanks to the help and generosity of Dr. Bawab and Dr. Khan
Applied for a contingency request through the SGA for travel costs
Applied for individual travel grants through the SEES office
Purchased new parts for proposed designs with the remaining funds in the senior design budget, SGA budget, and team members pockets

5. Proposed Work

6. Robot Builds Design and build a total of four (4) robots
Trying to be competitive in both the programming skills challenge and normal tournament matches
Two robots will be used exclusively for the skills challenges, to improve our previous score and place 1st at the world championships
Two robots will be used for the tournament matches, able to score a large sum of points fast and consistently

7. Competition Small Robot
Will use a pneumatic piston to launch entire stacks of game objects into the net at a single time
Fast, mobile drive system to cover the entire field in a few seconds to score as many points as possible, as fast as possible

8. Competition Large Robot
Modified from the old large robot
Single horizontal axis of rotation flywheel for more consistent shots at any range
Small version of the cam launcher mounted to the back to score all of the driver control loads in under 30 seconds
Used to take full 75 seconds

9. Skills Challenge Robots
Large Robot
Modified from current cam launcher robot
Larger chassis with second cam mechanism mounted to it
12” high platform built onto robot for a high lift
Small robot
Latches on to large robot as it drives across
Lifts itself onto the 12” platform for 50 points

11. Questions?