TEAM NUMBER: THIRTY-EIGHT
NAME: GEARS ON A TRAIN
TEAM MEMBERS: NATHAN LACHENMYER, ALEJANDRO GUZMAN, MICHAEL BOROHOVSKI

SPECS:
DRIVE SYSTEM:
125:1 GEAR RATIO
2 REAR-MOUNTED WHEELS
2 FRONT-MOUNTED FRICTIONLESS PADS

ELECTRONICS:
(1) HAPPYBOARD
(4) HAWKER BATTERIES
(3) MOTORS
(2) BUMP SENSORS
(3) LIGHT SENSORS
(1) GYRO

OTHER FEATURES:
(1) ONE-WAY BALL GATE
(!) WHEEL OF DOOM BALL SHOOTER

STRATEGY: GEARS ON A TRAIN USES A GROUPING OF THREE LIGHT SENSORS TO SEE WHAT COLOR IT IS ON, AND THEN IT USES THE FEEDBACK TO DETERMINE WHICH DIRECTION IT IS CURRENTLY FACING IN; IT WILL THEN USE THE GYRO TO TURN TO THE PROPER ANGLE SO THAT IT FACES THE FOUR BALLS. GEARS ON A TRAIN WILL MOVE UNTIL IT HITS A WALL, THEN WHEN ITS BUMP SENSORS ACTIVATE, IT WILL TURN ONE-HUNDRED AND EIGHTY DEGREES TO REVERSE ITS DIRECTION, AND DRIVE AWAY FROM THE SNAKE CAGE. IT WILL DRIVE UNTIL IT HITS THE WALL NEAR THE STARTING AREA, THEN TURN AND BACK UP INTO THE PERPENDICULAR WALL SO THAT IT FACES THE TWO BALL GROUPING. GEARS ON A TRAIN WILL THEN RECALIBRATE ITS GYRO TO REMOVE ANY ERROR THAT HAS ACCUMULATED. THE PROGRAM WILL THEN PROCEED TO REPEAT THE SAME STRATEGY FOR THE NEXT GROUPING OF BALLS, THEN MOVE TO THE CENTER AND SPIN SEVEN-HUNDRED AND TWENTY DEGREES TO CLEAR THE AREA OF ANY AND ALL BALLS. AFTER REMOVING ALL POTENTIAL THREATS, GEARS ON A TRAIN WILL COME TO A STOP IN THE CENTER SNAKE CAGE TO PREVENT FURTHER SCORING IN THAT AREA.

THIS ROBOT WAS BROUGHT TO YOU BY DR. PEPPER: THE ONLY DOCTOR CAPABLE OF HELPING ME DURING THE COMPETITION.