Robots

The 2013 robot, Zed, built for the game Ultimate Ascent was an incredible robot for the Green Machine. This robot has a linear shooter programmed to aim for the uppermost three point goal from half field and a mecanum drive train that enables speedy maneuvering. One...

Zephyr, our 2012 FIRST Robot, aims to be both mobile and accurate when it comes to shooting the ball in REBOUND RUMBLE. The four-tread design gives Zephyr the ability to cross over the bump in the middle of the field, as well as a turn on a dime. The robot...

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...

In 2010, our team’s robot design has focused primarily on the ability to run over the speed bumps of the “Breakaway” playing field, kick a ball 50′, and pull up on the mid-field tower at the end of the match.  The pull-up mechanism will support two other alliance...

The Green Machine is proud to introduce our 2009 competition robot: Zeus! Standing almost five feet tall and weighing over 110 pounds, the robot is fully capable of performing every task in FIRST Lunacy. Zeus’s chassis utilizes six drive “rover” wheels...

For the 2008 game FIRST Overdrive, Team 1816 worked on a design concept that involved a fork-like manipulator placed at the front of the chassis. This fork structure, attached to a four-bar linkage, controlled the trackballs, helping to guide and “herd” the...

In 2007, our team’s robot design has focused primarily on lifting the other robots on our alliance during the endgame for bonus points. We are planning to use two ramps positioned on opposite sides of the robot. During the endgame, the two other robots on our alliance...

While the simple design of our five-foot tall robot, named Zorgatron, was not technically sophisticated, our robot was consistent in its performance. Zorgatron was positioned and programmed, while in the autonomous mode, to seek out the closest ground-level goal, and...