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Engineering Notebook
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Java Code: Teleop
Java Code: Autonomous
 
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Game Video
Robot Inspection Checklist
Field Reset Document
 
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Explorer Post 1010 registered one team in the 2017 FIRST Tech Challenge robotics program. The theme and title of the challenge is Relic Recovery. We are Team 6417 - the Blu Cru.

We kicked off our effort in early September 2017. We built a starter robot to test out some ideas, and then built our final robot with new parts.

We signed up for two qualifier tournaments, Walt Whitman High School on Sunday, December 17, and the Bullis School on Sunday, January 17.

To prepare for the tournament, we created an engineering notebook, and prepared a presentation board for team judging at the tournament.
Team 6417

Field

Program Slideshow

Team 6417
Ben Ganelin
Daniel Wang
Gunvir Lubana
Vinamr Pemmaraju
Austin Long
Bhavesh Kemburu
Connor Gregory
Ragini Balachandran
Thomas Ajala
Priya Kalra
Rohit Harapanhalli
Sebastian Bolatto
Zachary Bilyeu

We didn't score great at Walt Whitman HS on December 17, but we were selected for the finals. We received the Motivate award. Here are our scores for the tournament.
video match field red 1 red 2 blue 1 blue 2 status
none 6 2 4451 6417 13607 13077 loss
6328 10 2 8121 8479 5225 6417 loss
none 16 2 9794 6417 10001 9866 win
6343 21 1 5421 10216 13608 6417 loss
6349 28 2 2753 12873 6417 5014 win
6360 sf2 2 8479 4452 3113 6417 loss


Robot

Setup

On January 12, 2018, Team 6417 headed to the Bullis School in Potomac. We scored much higher and were again selected for the finals. We won the design award. Here are our scores for the tournament.

video match field red 1 red 2 blue 1 blue 2 status
6549 2 1 13077 10145 607 6417 loss
6556 8 2 7266 6417 12809 6406 win
6560 16 2 7393 9450 4234 6417 win
6561 24 2 9667 8121 4362 6417 win
6562 33 1 7182 6417 6484 12773 win
6566 sf2 1 5014 6417 7182 7393 loss

On February 12, 2017, Team 6417 headed to the Maryland State FTC Championship. We had some close losses, but  were again selected for the finals in our division. Here are our scores for the tournament.

video match field red 1 red 2 blue 1 blue 2 status
6732 6 2 8645 4451 5421 6417 loss
none 12 2 9866 8468 133811 6417 win
6735 16 2 9794 9450 6417 7182 loss
6740 19 1 9799 6417 8582 13604 loss
6746 25 1 8395 6417 13405 12908 loss
6755 sf2 1 9794 7468 13608 6417 loss

Preparation

Worlds Team
 

In April, we were invited to the Worlds Championship in Detroit. This was a great opportunity, but only four members could go. We didn't score very high, but had a good time.
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Last Updated on September 8, 2018