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ChickenBot MK III is a work in progress. Changes are: 1. a scoring bucket that extends to the top of the lander and deposits minerals 2. a surgical-tube spinning collector for picking up minerals, including a horizontal extender for reaching into the crater. To accomodate these changes we had to: 1. redesign the lift module […]
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Washington State championship is scheduled for Sunday, February 10, at the ShoWare Center in Kent, WA. At a strategy meeting when we reconvened after the holidays, we wrestled with what our goals should be. Should we make incremental changes to ChickenBot Mk II to become a better partner and irritating defender? Or should we build […]
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On Saturday, December 15, 2018 we competed in the Feynman Interleague competition at the Amazon Doppler Building. Robot performed well all day. At the end of the day we were selected for an alliance by first place finisher CPR. We won semis and finals without losing a match, ensuring we moved on to state. We […]
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Here’s CB2 on the day of the Feynman Interleague tournament. New USB hub with separate battery pack, duct tape skirt, some structural reinforcements.
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Here’s the next version of our ChickenBot, with a new chassis and new mecanum drive.
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Although we only won two matches today it was a great day. Our robot modules were failing right and left but we were able to use our 5 and ten minute breaks to rebuild entire mechanisms. Very fun to see us running with one person carrying the robot while another is tightening an axle to […]
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We’re taking this bot to the second meet.
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Babbage league Results Bardeen league Results Maxwell league results These are the three leagues that will be together at the Feynman Interleague at Amazon on Dec 15. The Chickenados stand in 4th place out of 35 teams.Only 8 of those 35 teams will advance to State. Can we do it?
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Great job today. Our first match ended in a loss. We had a cable disconnect and our alliance only scored 2 points. A great recovery as our Autonomous program worked very well all day racking up lots of points. Our TeleOp speed helped us to outscore all of our depot scoring opponents though CPR’s lander […]
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Dates for our league competitions are set. We will compete on Saturday, Nov. 3 and Saturday, Dec. 1 at King’s. We’re waiting for the schedule but imagine it will start around 8 AM and last until about 3 PM.