Name
Cuddles
A voting session was held where members of the team suggested and voted on names for the robot. The robot had a claw that largely resembled an eagle claw. One student thought that due to the resemblance to the eagle, the robot was hug-able and cuddly, thus arriving to the suggestion of naming the robot Cuddles. A great majority of the team was on board with naming the robot Cuddles.
Status
Out of Service
Season Record
- Kettering:
- Rank 15
- Record 6 – 7 – 1
- Quarter-Finalist
- Ann Arbor:
- Rank 12
- Record 7 – 7 – 0
- Quarter-Finalist
- Archimedes:
- Rank 74
- Record 3 – 7 – 0
- Qualifier
Specifications:
Drive Train
- 4 CIM motors
- 4 toughbox minis
- (4) 8″ mecanum wheels
Elevator
- 2 window motors
- Built-in two stages
- First stage was driven up by a cable attached to the window motors
- Second stage was passively attached to the first stage
Arm
- 1 window motor
- Pivots on a 2010 chassis lift bracket
- Attached to the second stage of the elevator
- Cable lifts or lowers the arm
Claw
- 1 window motor
- Only middle claw was actuated
- Middle claw was attached to motor via elastic tubing
- Covered in Yoga Mat for added traction
Minibot Deployment
- 1 servo
- Worked with elastic potential energy
- Deployed and then driven into pole
- Based on Team 233’s ramp concept
Minibot
- 2 Tetrix motors without gearboxes
- Chassis made of 1″ x 2″ aluminum stock
- Elastic tubing covered drive shaft for traction
- Simple limit switch system started and stopped the minibot
- 1.4 seconds to go up pole
- Aluminum eagle wings for added imagery
Miscellaneous Facts
- Deployment system was redesigned two times throughout the season
- “3322” was water-jetted into the side of the frame to reduce robot weight and add imagery
- Had the ability to line-track for autonomous mode
- Did not use a chain