Our team went through multiple designs for our lift throughout the season. We started out with an Elevator lift with four stages. It went up to OT's head when fully extended. That design for our tournament in Albany, MN. We made to the Quarter Finals where we lost 16-12. We received the design award due to our detailed notebook and interesting and creative robot design. For our next tournament we decided to try our luck with a 'Danny Lift'. A 'Danny Lift' is what looks like one side of a double reverse four-bar. It relies on 2 motors and a very light game object, as the flimsy design isn't well supported. We mainly relied on using our robot for defense, as we couldn't get our lift to go up with the weight of our cap intake, or claw as we call it. We were selected for an alliance in the elimination rounds. We won our first Round of 16 match 15-11 and lost our second match 24-5. We received the Energy Award, because of our positive attitudes and good sportsmanship throughout the competition. The last tournament we attended before state was in Warren, MN. We had received our V5 equipment from Vex and had built a standard double reverse four-bar, again focusing on the caps instead of flags. We lost in the Quarter Finals 20-9 because our robot disconnected, as well as our inexperience with the V5 equipment.
State didn't go our way either. We had tweaked our double reverse four-bar so it was much more reliable and efficient. We added a flywheel that we used in 1 match. Our robot seemed to perform well on the first day of State, but we had complications throughout the second day. Our interview with the judges seemed to go very well and they were interested in a CAD design that Jake and Bailey worked together on doing. They enjoyed our view on this years game and how we wanted to tackle the scoring. We didn't make it past the Qualification rounds, but we stuck around to cheer on the other teams throughout the elimination rounds and awards. Our next stop is Council Bluffs, Iowa for the National tournament.
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