2023 FRC Season: Charged Up

The Challenge: Charged Up

Charged Up In Charged Up, two competing alliances are invited to process cubes and cones to bring energy to their community. Each alliance brings energy to their community by retrieving their game pieces from substations and scoring it into the grid. Human players provide the game pieces to the robots from the substations. In the final moments of each match, alliance robots race to dock or engage with their charge station. More information can be found on Wikipedia.

Our Robot

2023 FRC Season: Charged Up

Robot Specs

  • Name Zapdos
  • Weight 125 lbs
  • Size 28.5" × 28.5" × 0.0"
  • MK4i swerve modules with a L2 gear ratio, battery placed towards the back of the robot to offset weight in the front
  • Robot width roller with 4” mecanum wheels and compliant wheels in the middle
  • Two-stage continuous elevator powered by two NEOs reaches speeds up to 100 inches/second
  • Lightweight gripper capable of a 10” extension to be able to reach all the nodes and human player stations

Competition History

  • CHS District Greater DC Event 1
    Rank 9, Pick 1 of Alliance 1, Won Finals
  • CHS District Greater DC Event 2
    Rank 13, Pick 1 of Alliance 2, Eliminated in Semifinals
  • FIRST Chesapeake District Championship
    Rank 23, Pick 1 of Alliance 5, Eliminated in Semifinals
  • World Championships Newton Division
    Rank 11, Pick 2 of Alliance 2, Eliminated in Semifinals