RoboNav has been exploring many design options as they build the software, firmware, and mechanical foundations for their new competition, the University Rover Competition (URC). One such design decision the team has made is to use a drone to help simplify the autonomous portion of URC. The autonomous challenge is the hardest portion of URC,…
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RoboJackets @ Basketball Game
One of the most direct ways RoboJackets can promote robotics is by presenting our projects to a general audience. RoboJackets had a unique opportunity to do so at the McCamish Pavilion during a GT basketball game on December 6th. The basketball game took place on “Robotics Night,” and also had other robotics projects at GT…
Hockii’s New Teeth
Year after year, RoboJackets members continue to push the boundaries of what is possible in competition robotics. The latest iteration of our combat robot Hockii is no exception. The 12-pound Hockii is a type of combat robot known as a “meltybrain”, which uses its drive to spin and hit opponents with the entire body [read…
New RoboRacing Drive System
RoboRacing has been working on an autonomous go-kart since 2019 and have learned and iterated on every aspect of their vehicle. This is certainly the case with the drive motor system. When the team first began evGP, a few hardware components were required as part of the rules to be standardized across the robots. Some…
General Meeting
Alumni from years past may remember general meetings, events where the entire RoboJackets body would hear from a guest speaker or receive updates on the status of the organization. These meetings used to be a great way for teams to socialize amongst each other and a key opportunity for sponsors to host information and recruitment…
Cabrera Visits the SCC
On September 26th, President Cabrera visited the SCC and had the chance to talk with students and check out the current projects. He chatted with all of the different SCC competition teams, including RoboJackets. While visiting the RoboJackets side, he got a chance to talk with Zach Slaton, the current RoboJackets president, and a few…
Spici
The RoboWrestling team specializes in autonomous robotic sumo wrestling. They’ve had challenges the past few years in finding competitions to compete at because of the cancellation of RoboGames in 2019, and because the pandemic has prevented them from travelling to the All-Japan Robot Sumo Tournament in Tokyo. However, RoboGames 2023 is back on, meaning the…
RoboCup
Each year, RoboJackets fields an entry in theRoboCup Small Scale League (SSL), a global competition where participants field a team of six autonomous soccer-playing robots. These robots coordinate among themselves to move around the field, dribble, pass, and score goals. In order to meet the performance requirements needed to play soccer, the members of RoboJackets…
BB Robot Overview
Every year, BattleBots works on a great number of robots, ranging from the fleet of 3lbers that the new members do as a training project, all the way up to 30 lb combat robots to take to competitions all over the United States. This year, BattleBots has four large robots that their team members are…
Preparing for URC
Two years ago, RoboNav began their long-term plan to move away from the Intelligent Ground Vehicle Competition (IGVC) and instead begin participating in the University Rover Challenge (URC). We previously introduced this upcoming change in the March 2021 newsletter. The University Rover Competition still keeps the core focus of RoboNav, autonomous navigation, while increasing the…