2011 Logo Motion
The Challenge
Logo Motion is played on the standard 27 x 54 foot field. There are two alliances consisting of three teams each. This year's game pieces are inner tubes in the shapes of circles triangles and squares. The tubes are colored red blue and white. During the first fifteen seconds of the match known as autonomous match play (this is where the robots control themselves) there are special inner tubes placed on the field. These yellow tubes are known as ubertubes. These tubes may only be placed during the autonomous period. The teams are also required to build a minibot that is to be deployed in the last ten seconds of the match. The minibot must climb a ten-foot pole and reach the top in the fastest time possible. Points are awarded to the team who's minibot reaches the top first.
The Robot
For 2011 we designed a robot somewhat similar to the 2007 robot because the game objective is almost the same. Due to the long arm (or “neck“) it has a stunning resemblance to a giraffe, so we named it “G-wrath.“ G-wrath is 55.5 inches tall when the arm is fully retracted and 112.5 inches tall when the arm is fully extended. It weighs 115 pounds with the battery. The head has rollers that spin in whichever direction is needed in order to orient the tube and hang it on the peg. Several parts of G-wrath's inner works were custom-made in our very own Woodside High School machine shop on the CNC mill. With a lot of waiting and hoping for parts to come, the team was pretty stressed out about finishing on time. Even with time against us, we finally pulled together as a team and got G-wrath into the bag and let out a huge sigh of relief. We still had much work to do once we got to competitions. We all pulled through and had a great time helping G-wrath fight for survival at competition. We are currently preparing for Calgames, by fixing all aspects of G—wrath. With new members and fresh ideas, the team and the robot are better than ever!
We're looking forward to travelling to Davis for our first competition in 2011
Silicon Valley RegionalThis regional is right in our own backyard but we know the competition will be tough.
