Description of robot

Cyber Blue's goal was to score by shooting balls into the high goal. To accomplish this, the s team designed and built a robot that could pick up balls from the floor, move them up into a conveyor, and then drop them into a shooter that would fire the balls into the goal. Also, in order to climb the ramp and to hold its position, Falcon VIII was equipped with the same treads that Cyber Blue used in 2004 to climb the step.

Strengths

One strength of this robot was its 2-speed transmissions in combination with the treads. The treads allowed to easily climb the ramp and hold our position as other teams tried to play defense on us. The 2-speed transmission allowed us to fly around the field when we need to pick up balls in high gear and to climb the platform and push people around in low gear.

Unique feature(s)

A feature that Cyber Blue was very proud of was that the shooter was on a turret that can both pan and tilt. The best part about this however is that the movement of the pan and tilt was controlled by the camera mounted on the top of the robot. This camera searches the field until it finds the light above the high goal. Once locked on, the shooter aligns itself with the camera and is targeted on the goal.