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2015 Game: Recycle Rush

Our most reliable robot, made it to quarter finals this year with almost no issues in the pit!

2015 Game: Recycle Rush

Robot Name: Cappin' Planet

Record: 4 - 6

Events:

  • Virginia Regional

Awards:

Robot Information

  • Mecanum Drivetrain
  • Non-backdriveable elevator using dewalt drill gearbox
  • Pneumatic Tote Gripper

Game Information

Recycle Rush was the 2015 FIRST Robotics Competition game.t involves picking up and stacking totes on scoring platforms, putting pool noodles (“litter”) inside recycling containers, and putting the containers on top of scoring stacks of totes. There is also a coopertition aspect of the game where both alliances of teams can pool their totes and stack them on a step dividing the field to each gain twenty points. Along with these robot actions, human players can attempt to throw the pool noodles across the field to gain four points for each noodle left in the opposing alliance’s work zone.

2015 Game: Recycle Rush

Below is a video describing the game in more detail: