Argos will be travelling to Purdue University at West Lafayette, IN. We will be leaving the morning of Thursday March 15, and will be arriving back at Peoria Saturday night, March 17.
The Game – Rebound Rumble
Rebound Rumble℠ is played by two competing Alliances on a flat, 27 x 54 foot field. Each Alliance consists of three robots. They compete to score as many basketballs into their hoops as they can during a 2 minute and 15 second match. The higher the hoop in which the basketball is scored, the more points the Alliance receives.
The match begins with a 15-second Hybrid Period in which robots operate independently of driver inputs. During this Hybrid Period, one robot on each Alliance may be controlled using a Microsoft Kinect. Baskets scored during this period are worth extra points. For the remainder of the match, drivers control robots and try to maximize their Alliance score by scoring as many baskets as possible.
The match ends with robots attempting to balance on bridges located at the middle of the field. In Qualification Matches, a robot from each Alliance will also try to balance on the white Coopertition™ bridge to score additional ranking points for each Alliance.
We met Mondays and Wednesdays in November for the Pre-Season, working on our community project. Our project was to design and build ten birdhouses. Students worked together to concept ideas, and a solid 3D model was built using AutoDesk’s Inventor. A prototype was made and finally the ten were built.
The birdhouses were taken to Easter Seals on December 12, and Robotics students helped Easter Seals kids paint the birdhouses. The birdhouses were then auctioned off, with all proceeds being donated to the Easter Seals Foundation.
