Zeebo, our 2011 Team 1816 robot, went for both the minibot and game piece placement aspects of the LOGO MOTION game. Zeebo has a double-jointed motorized arm with pneumatic claw to place the inflated innertube game pieces on the pegboard. The arm can reach up to 126.5 inches, well in reach of the highest pegs. The drive train is made up of six-wheel drive with eight inch wheels. The two middle wheels are lowered an eighth of an inch for better turning ability. This drive train is powered by four CIM motors in two Super Shifters with a low gear of 4.167 ft/s for pushing power and a high gear of 8.334 ft/s for speed. Zaboomafoo, the minibot, uses DC motors to both reach and trigger the sensor in approximately four seconds delivered by a pneumatic deployment system affectionately called “Jericho.” The robot utilizes the new photosensors to track the lines in both the autonomous and teleoperated periods, and a camera to aid in game piece placement and minibot deployment. Zeebo and Zaboomafoo make a highly competitive team.
Game
Logo Motion is the 2011 FIRST Robotics Competition game. 
Playing pieces are inner tubes shaped like the components of the FIRST logo. The primary objective of the game is to place them on racks to gain points. In the endgame, robots deploy smaller robots (“minibots”) to climb a tower. Minibots must be made from the FIRST Tech Challenge kit of parts. The game celebrates the 20th season of the FRC and is also meant to commemorate the artist Jack Kamen, who designed the original FIRST logo.