2017-2018
JPL 2017 Invention Challenge
Description: This year's "Wiffle Ball Loft Contest" required competitors to create a device to launch up to 10 wiffle balls into a plastic tub located 19 feet, 8 inches (6 meters) away within a one-minute time allotment. The challenges were many: launching at the best angles with the varying wind directions; making sure the device was initiated by only one method; and even preventing the wiffle ball from breaking, which would result in disqualification.
Ranking:
Orange Regionals - Team A: 12th place
JPL Finals - Did not qualify
Ranking:
Orange Regionals - Team A: 12th place
JPL Finals - Did not qualify
FIRST Power Up
Description: It involves two alliances of three teams each, with each team controlling a robot and performing specific tasks on a field to score points. The game has a retro 8-bit theme and teams are required to place milk crates, or "power cubes", on large balancing scales to tip the scale and gain ownership. Alliances can also trade power cubes for power ups, giving them a temporary advantage in the game. At the end of the game, robots can climb the tower attached to the centre balancing scale using a rung attached to the tower, giving them additional points.
Ranking: Currently in build season |
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2016-2017
JPL 2016 Invention Challenge
Description: Create a device that can transport water in a plastic cup into the water vessel located 2 meters away in the fastest time without wasting a drop of water. The winner will be the team whose device accomplishes the task in the fastest time.
Ranking:
Orange Regionals - 2nd place
JPL Finals - 13th place (Run Time: 11.01 s & Transferred 218 grams of water)
Ranking:
Orange Regionals - 2nd place
JPL Finals - 13th place (Run Time: 11.01 s & Transferred 218 grams of water)
FIRST Steam Works
Description: FIRST Steamworks is the game for the 2017 FIRST Robotics Competition. The game is played by two alliances of three teams each. Their robots compete on a field by scoring wiffleballs which represent fuel into a simulated boiler which transfers the generated steam into an airship in the middle of the field. Each alliance has one airship, which they pressurize with steam from the boiler and load with plastic gears from the field. At the end of the match, robots can hang on team-supplied ropes attached to the airship for additional points.
Ranking: Los Angeles Regionals - 29th place |
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