Team 2875 MITiBot

MITiBot(Mighty-Bot not Mitty-Bot)

Jared Bessette-Kirton

Daughters Day 2009

22 April 2009

Team 2875 MITiBot

In The Beginning

• ROLL hosted summer Lego robotics workshops

• The task – Two people– One robot– Four challenges– One ROLL mentor

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The Team

• Members − Ben Chang− Ben List− Daniel Biedrzycki− David Rayson− Jared Bessette-Kirton− Kim Yie− Matt Waldron

• Mentors − Brian Shucker − John Peabody

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Face Off

• 30 second autonomous

• 2 minutes driver controlled

• Score plastic hockey pucks– 1 point square – 3 point circle– 5 point triangle

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Playing Field

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Engineering Design Process

1. Define problem2. Brainstorm solutions 3. Pick best solutions4. Prototype solution5. Test solution 6. Evaluate and return to

step 2 with issues in design

7. Communicate final design

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Our Design Process

1. Win Game 2. Bucket design

1. On arm2. On body of robot

3. Gear tower with bucket 4. KO Robot Rally 5. MA and CT state

championships Final Robot

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Team meetings

• Team meets once a week for 4 hours

• Plans for meeting

• Organize tasks

• Wrap up

• Plans for next meeting

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• Competitions– Robot Rally– Massachusetts State Championship

Second place

– Connecticut State Championship First Place

– FTC World Championship Semi-Finalist

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At the Event

• Qualifying matches – Two qualifying points per win – Ranking points number of points opponents score

• Top 4 teams go to alliance slection– Teams pick two other teams for championship rounds

• Judged awards – Inspire

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Questions?