2020 Robot: Luna

Our robot for 2020

  • Custom tank drive powered by 4 Falcon 500s

    Top speed of 14.3 FPS

    6” wheels to traverse bumps

    Fully shielded underbelly to prevent stuck balls

  • 2 Falcon 500s driving 6” aluminum flywheel with polyurethane tread

    Maximum surface speed of over 100 mph (150 FPS)

    Continuously adjustable UHMWPE hood to shoot from any position, including behind the control panel

    Fires full volley in less than a second

  • Single-stage elevator climber with spring-loaded hook

    Single Falcon motor can raise robot to full height in under a second

    Can climb either solo or with a partner

    Servo-actuated ratchet lock to prevent backdriving

  • Full width roller intake with V-hopper to index balls into a single line

    Polybelt conveyor to stage balls before shooting

    Stores 5 balls

  • Written in Java

    RAMSETE non-linear feedback controller for auto path following

    Automatic lineup and full vision target pose estimation using Limelight camera, LIDAR ranging, and NavX IMU

    Field-oriented drive controls

    Indexer management state machine for efficient ball storage

    Linear interpolation algorithm to determine wheel speed and hood angle for any position

    Wide-angle driver cameras with hardware-accelerated H.264 streaming

    All our code is open-source at github.com/flamingchickens1540


The game: RAPID REACT

Luna reveal video