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FIRST TECH CHALLENGE: DECODE (2025-2026)
Objective: DECODE was our third year in First Tech Challenge. Our team had to use arficacts (play balls with holes) as the scoring element. We had to launch the artifacts into the hoppers at the two corners of the field to score points. The artifacts had to be in a certain arrangment to obtain points (known as motif patterns). We could collect artifacts from the white sidelines, from our human player, and around the field.
Solution: Our team atempted to complete this task with a roller intake and flywheel outtake. The robot would collect artifacts using the intake ramp at the bottom and the rollers inside would push them in to a large wheel called the spindexer, where the color is registered. After that, the artifacts would then get launched on the top ramp using two horizontal flywheels.
Competitions and Awards:
During this season we achieved the following goals:
Became winners of Inspire Award 3rd place in the Hawking Interleague.
Got selected as the 3rd Place Captains in the Interleague competition.
Chosen to represent Washington State in the FIRST FTC Governors cup. Each U.S. Governor selecting one FTC team to represent their state in Washington, D.C., playing the DECODE game in a celebration of STEM leadership.
FIRST TECH CHALLENGE: INTO THE DEEP (2024-2025)
Objective: Into The Deep, was our second year in First Tech Challenge. In this season, our team had to use the scoring elements of samples (rectangular blocks) and specimens (rectangular blocks with a black clip attached). In other words, the robot had to collect samples from the submersible, a large rectangular cage in the center of the field, and take them to the human player so that he/she can place clips on them to turn them into specimens, then the robot has to hang them onto the colored rungs of the submersible. Another task in the game is that the robot can collect samples from the submersible and place them in high baskets located the corners of the field.
Solution: Our team attempted to complete these tasks by using an arm in the center of our robot that extends upwards and is powered by a motor. At the end of that arm, there is a small claw that is powered by a servo, which picks up and drops samples by rotating in different angles, along with efficiently hanging the specimen on the submersible rungs.
Competitions and Awards: During the competitions of this season, we placed second in the first two qualifiers, fourth alliance captain in the Interleague and we won the motivate award in that same competition.
FIRST TECH CHALLENGE: CENTER STAGE (2023-2024) CHALLENGE
Objective: Centerstage, was the first season that our team participated in. In this season, our team had to use the scoring element of hexagonal pixels, and drop them on a black board to earn points. In addition, the teams could also score points by launching a "drone", a paper airplane, in the endgame portion of the match, along with hanging on the truss which acted as the divider of the field.
Solution: Our team completed these tasks by using an arm that was powered by a yellow jacket gear motor, and we created an arm that had two claws with padding and they formed a hexagon shape to properly carry the pixels while moving, and dropping them on the backboard. Our robot had many sensors to detect other robots on the fields and avoid them during the autonomous period.
Competitions and Awards: During the competitions of this season we won first place in the innovative award category and we were the fourth alliance captain in the Interleague. In addition, we were also the fourth alliance captain during the 2024 Washington Tech Invitational.
FIRST LEGO LEAGUE: SUPERPOWERED (2022-2023) CHALLENGE
Superpowered, was the last of our three seasons in the First Lego League competition. This season was the most successful because we won many awards.
Qualifiers: Core Values Finalist Award, Robot Performance Award, and The Champions Award
Semifinals: Innovation Project Finalist Award and Advanced to State Finals
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