Meet our robot for the Charged Up season…

MANTIS!

BASIC INFO

- 6 wheel differential drive

- Claw with static wheels, attached to a telescoping arm

- 28" by 28" chassis

- Falcon motors

- 4 meters (13.12 ft) per second

AUTONOMOUS

Options for autonomous commands include…

a. place preloaded game piece (preferably cube) on top level and leave the community (9 points)

b. place preloaded game piece (preferably cube) on top level, leave community, and engage charging station (21 points)

c. from either side, place preloaded cone on top level, leave the community, pick up a cube, place on middle shelf (13 points)

d. balance on charging station (12 points)

TELE-OP

- Manipulates both cones and cubes

- Places game pieces on any level of the grid

- Manual balance on charging station

- Picks up game pieces from ground or substation

- Auto aligning to game pieces using a machine learning vision system

- Autonomous claw closing around a game piece using a laser range finder