FIRST Robotics 2024 - Helios

It has been an ambitious design and build, one that fought us every inch of the way, but eventually....

Here it is in final form, Helios.

Finishing late as we did, there are lots of bugs to work out.  But it does the basic things.

Pickup game pieces:

Shoot them into the high target:

And a neat over the back shot into the low target:

If you are curious about those hooks sticking up, they are for an "end game" climb up onto a swinging chain.  We can do it, but it yanks the robot off the ground with such speed that it is more like a leap. The risk/benefit ratio has to be considered carefully here.  It can't be good to stress the robot frame this way repeatedly....

And as for stressing me.....yes, its been a tough build.  The price of ambition can sometimes be high.....