2012 Rebound Rumble

Game Description:

Rebound Rumble is a basketball-based game in which robots are challenged to score points by shooting foam basketballs into goals of various heights. In the middle of the field, robots have the option of crossing to the other side of the field by either going over a four inch tall bump in the center of the field or crossing see-saw-like bridge. During autonomous, each robot has the option of shooting two balls into any of the desired goals and during the endgame, robots could earn “seeding” points by balancing on the bridge either by themselves or with one or two other partner robots from the same and/or other alliance.

Design Solution:
We built a robot with a six wheel “west-coast drive” consisting of four pneumatic wheels in the rear end of the robot and two rubber wheels in the front end. In order to score points, we pick up balls with a conveyer belt system and shoot them with two CIM motor powered wheels.