FRC2023-2024: Crescendo

Game Resources

• Game Manual
• Code Repository
• Impact Award Essay
• Flyers

Season Recap

What Went Well?

• Better team spirit
  • We had signs, cheers, stickers/buttons/pokemon cards
  • Better social media presence
• We had a strong summer (good training with lots of kids)
• Our participation in 2 off-season competitions gave lots of members good drive practice
• We were able to kick off quickly into prototyping phase
• Good mechanism ideas
  • Implementation of amp thing went well
  • Our ability to do redesign is very good
• Our auto-assists were very organized
• We had good cross sub-team communication
• We finished a lot of our priorities list
• Match strategy went well
• Good setup for how we were going to play each match
• Better alliances this year
• Pit scouting setup was effective and detailed
• We had ASB window fundraising this year
• We applied for Impact Award which we haven’t done in a long time
• Handles for the robot were nice
• Rounded corners were helpful before robot inspection
• Open alliance was used more this year

Mechanical

• Battery issues: Our battery got unplugged twice when we got hit.
  • Protect the battery from strenuous movement against hard hit.
• Wires are too taut: Wires or connectors may pull out or break when robot got hit hard.
  • Leave enough slack when wiring and strain relief the wire at the connectors.
  • Secure connectors by screwing them down or hot gluing them.
• Wiring maintainability: Connectors access may be blocked by fixtures.
  • Carefully plan the placement of the component and orientation so that the connectors are easily accessible.
• Shooter Tilter is fragile: Shooter Tilter is often damaged when hit.
  • Design a mechanism such that it is protected by the perimeter and within the robot bumpers.
  • It's okay for a mechanism to extend outside the perimeter but Turtle Mode should bring it back inside the protective perimeter.
• Shooter Tilter maintainability: Tilter was designed such that it's not easy to maintain. If the pulley breaks or skipped a tooth, it is not easy to fix.
  • Components should be design with maintainability in mind.
• Radio/Ethernet Switch is not accessible: Radio/Ethernet switch block are placed and wired such that it's not easy to fix their wiring.
  • If it is unavoidable that a component is placed in a hard to access location, it should be designed so that it can be "taken out" easily to fix the wiring and put back.