2008-2009

Game Description – Lunacy

Lunacy is a game played on a field known as the crater. Two alliances, one red and one blue, composed of three FRC Teams each, compete in each match. The object of the game is to attain a higher score than your opponent by placing the game pieces in the trailers hitched to the opposing alliance’s robots.

A match is 2 minutes and 15 seconds long. An autonomous period starts each match in which the robots are controlled by pre-programmed instructions. The autonomous period is followed by the teleoperated period during which the pilots (the driver and operator) assume control of the robot. The robots continue to play the game until the teleoperated period is over.

The game pieces are the moon rock, the empty cell, and the super cell. The moon rocks and empty cells are worth two points when scored in a trailer. The super cell is worth fifteen points, but it may only be scored by a payload specialist (human player) in the last twenty seconds of the match, and after the payload specialist has traded in an empty cell.

Robot Description

D-Fence 4.0

The robot was designed to pick up a lot of orbit balls from the floor, store them, and deliver them to the payload specialist and/or the goal. Balls were collected by a roller system, and stored in a large hopper. The hopper was a quarter cylinder in order to allow a rotation within the maximum boundries of the robot. The robot would then drive over to a corner air lock to deliver balls to the payload specialist. In order to deliver the balls, the entire hopper would rotate up, and the balls would fall out. This method turned out to be very effective in dumping a lot of balls all at once.

D-Fence 4.1

After the official competition in Boston during March, the team decided that we would be even better if our robot was able to not only bring balls to the payload specialists, but if we could score in the trailers themselves. The team decided to add a roller at the top of the hopper to help propel the moon rocks into the goal. This was completed for BattleCry 10 where it was very successful, and in elimination match, it even scored a super cell at the very last second.

Competitions Attended

Boston Regional
BattleCry@WPI 10
Mayhem in Merrimack
RiverRage (tentative)

Awards Won

Gracious Profesionalism Award – Mayhem in Merrimack

Match Results

Boston Regional

Match	Red 1	Red 2	Red 3	Blue 1	Blue 2	Blue 3	Red Score	Blue Score	Video
Q-4	2127	2877	157	126	1735	61	22	82	Watch
Q-17	1474	1735	213	1757	2888	1973	54	42	Watch
Q-27	2447	2084	1350	1735	2386	1099	30	30	Watch
Q-31	1735	97	2876	246	2043	230	63	30	Watch
Q-41	529	839	2104	1735	2124	2423	36	48	Watch
Q-45	190	2648	1735	125	2103	69	53	52	Watch
Q-55	1768	1735	1027	2589	2713	2262	32	34	Watch
QF 2-1	1735	88	246	69	2593	126	60	64	Watch
QF 2-2	1735	88	246	69	126	2593	26	54	Watch

BattleCry@WPI

Match	Red 1	Red 2	Red 3	Blue 1	Blue 2	Blue 3	Red Score	Blue Score	Video
Q-8	195	40	2523	1735	1729	2262	64	22	Watch
Q-14	1991	839	2648	2079	2168	1735	66	52	Watch
Q-21	230	271	1735	1153	181	131	28	96	Watch
Q-27	166	1735	1058	1100	1073	2079	49	60	Watch
Q-39	1660	2342	809	1735	181	126	50	91	Watch
Q-47	1735	190	1721	467	172	176	20	46	Watch
Q-53	1735	529	263	271	125	173	35	26	Watch
EF-5	2648	126	1660	271	88	1735	88	82	Watch

RiverRage*

Match	Red 1	Red 2	Blue 1	Blue 2	Red Score	Blue Score	Video
Q	348	1735	172	78	37	45	n/a
Q	126	1735	241	501	67	32	n/a
Q	1073	1735	811	1474	32	30	n/a
Q	3125	1735	509	134	42	20	n/a
Q	1519	1735	1073	131	40	34	n/a
E	839	1735	40	348	28	42	n/a
E	839	1735	509	172	47	10	n/a
E	839	1735	20	1058	30	34	n/a