Grimsley High School Robotics, Greensboro, North Carolina
Grimsley High School Robotics, Greensboro, North Carolina
The FIRST Robotics Challenge, fondly known to FIRST members as FRC, could be considered to be the "varsity" robotics team in many programs. Unlike the FTC competition, where teams use prefabricated parts and a simplified version of C to program, FRC teams use the same parts, programming languages, and methods as their professional counterparts to build their robot. The catch? They have only six weeks to design, build, and troubleshoot their robot. Tensions are high as teams attempt to surmount difficult challenges integrated into the game. Common obstacles include bumps that need to be climbed or a slippery floor that needs to be accounted for.
This year, we hope to build an awesome robot for the competition as well as form positive relationships and to demonstrate excellence.
Rebound Rumble is played by two competing alliances on a flat, 27 x 54 ft field. Each alliance consists of three robots. They compete to score as many basketballs into their hoops as they can during a 2 minute and 15 second match. The higher the hoop in which the basketball is scored, the more points the alliance receives.
The match begins with a 15-second Hybrid Period in which robots operate independently of driver inputs. During this Hybrid Period, one robot on each alliance may be controlled using a Microsoft Kinect. Baskets scored during this period are worth extra points. For the remainder of the match, drivers control robots and try to maximize their alliance score by scoring as many baskets as possible.
The match ends with robots attempting to balance on bridges located at the middle of the field. In Qualification Matches, a robot from each alliance will also try to balance on the white Coopertition™ bridge to score additional ranking points for each alliance. Scoring for the match is summarized below.
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