Atlas (2008)

The design

January 2008 brought the challenge of herding 40 inch diameter, 10 pound balls around a track and/or lifting them over a six foot overpass. Our team chose to attack the task with a four-wheel tank drive featuring powered pneumatic wheels on the front and omni wheels on the back. The manipulator consisted of a lifting arm with a rotating forklift. Although a simple design, it entailed more difficulties than expected. Much time was spent tweaking, fixing, and rebuilding critical parts of the robot in the pit at competition.

Highlighted Mechanisms

A powerful set of lifting arms

The Name

Atlas is named after the Greek Titan that supported the heavens, It was so named because of the huge ball that it had to carry.

Competition

Midwest Regional Competition

Awards Won

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