WEEK 1 • January 7th, 2019
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THE ROBO REMEDY
REPORTER THE SEASON BEGINS!
The 2019 Challenge
“Destination: Deep Space” is an interesting
concept that brought many questions to our
minds. Is the field going to look like a planet?
Does it have anything to do with spaceships?
Well, last weekend we finally found out what it
was about. There is a cargo ship in the middle of
the field, and two rockets on each side of the field.
Each alliance has half of the field, and only one
robot can cross to the other alliance’s side to play
defense. Our goal is to score the most points by
throwing cargo into rockets and the cargo ship,
putting on hatches, and leaving/returning to
different levels on the habitat. However, we need
to be careful because if we throw in cargo without
a hatch patch, it will fall out after 15 seconds.
More information can be found on the link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mew6G_og-
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Students from the Marketing Section.
Students anxiously waiting for the challenge to be released.
And this year’s challenge is... The 2019 Season Kickoff
Last Saturday, the long-awaited moment of the
new season finally happened. All the
Lakeshore Robotics teams were at Valders
High School to watch the moment when the
challenge for this season was revealed. We first
arrived there around 8:30 am, and we waited
impatiently (although many of us still don’t
know how) until 9:30 am, when the challenge
video was finally released. Many of us were
really surprised as there was no water
challenge (maybe next year☺).
Following the video, each team went to a
different room and read through the 125-page
game season manual, which, being honest, was
not the most exciting part of the day. Following
lunch, all the teams shared their ideas on the
rules. Then once again, we were split up to
debate strategies.
After almost 4 hours of brainstorming, we came
up with multiple ideas, which we would talk
more about on Sunday.
The upcoming week is the first, and most crucial
one, as having a strong beginning is the basis for
success throughout the season.
Students working through the game season manual.
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Brainstorming Begins
We spent the entire day working on different ideas for
our robot, as you can see in the pictures. We also
decided what we are going to be doing for this season
by using the hatch panels and balls that we were given.
Throughout the day, we put ideas together and worked
on them with K’NEX (the plastic pieces seen in the
pictures). We ended up with two ideas. One design
focused on using an arm to pick up the hatches and
cargo. The other design used a pendulum and track for
the hatches. We had a vote to choose which idea we
would pursue. In the end, the idea for the arm was the
victor. After two full days of throwing around ideas, we
finally found the direction we needed to take in order
to build our robot.