Today we have been working on the prototype of our robot's collector mechanism for the competition this year, Lunacy. We have had the challenge of trying to figure out how to collect somewhat yielding 9-inch diameter orbit balls. They look almost like the stereotypical atom diagram electron paths. We have to collect them off of a slippery surface without expanding beyond the original size of our robot. We then have to deploy them into trailers attatched to the opponents' robots (for complete rules and explaination please see usfirst.org). We are using a sticky roller to attach to the balls and deploy them into our containment chamber to later deploy to score.
On the programming front we have been working on getting the camera to recognize the green and pink above the trailers and then distinguish between our trailers and opponents' trailers. We have made it recognize the colors and are currently waiting for the build team to be ready for us to test our latest programming for distinguishing the patterns.
So far we are on schedule and hoping to have a working robot to test drive on the slippery field soon.
-Sterling, Programming Team
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