Article from WWHS Newsletter February 10 2016
Robotics
Wee Waa High School has been given funds to participate in the FIRST Robotics Competition. The team, known as the Bush Bots, with the help of three Robotics experts - Anna, Adam and Aaron - have managed to build a functioning robot in less than two days. With the skills of our experts passed on to the Bush Bots, work has begun in designing our team banner, picking our best driver to operate the robot and to construct extra features on the robot, including the arm and bucket of the robot.
Competition
For the FIRST Robotics 2016, the aim of the game is to become the best Alliance in FIRST Stronghold.
FIRST Stronghold is played between two Alliances, each Alliance made of 3 teams, the Alliances compete against each other to breach their opponent's defences and capture their opponent's tower.
Points are scored by breaching these defences and by shooting goals through the low goal and high goal located on the tower. In the 2 min and 30 second time limit of the game the tower can be weakened by putting the boulders through the high and low goals, when the lights are completely gone from the tower is means the tower is breached and the robots can surround and scale the tower to gain your Alliance more points.
Our Robot has been designed with a bucket to scoop up the boulder and roll it into the low goals, if the attachment fails we have designed the Robot to tackle some of the Defences which include the Rough Terrain, Moat, Rock Wall and possibly the Lowbar. Even if the arm fails the breaching of the defences will accumulate enough points to make an impact in the game.
Many thanks again to our experts Anna, Adam and Aaron who we would have been lost without their guidance. Our teachers, Mrs Grellman and Mr Druce have been working tirelessly and they are ably assisted by Ms Janssen, Mr Catt and Mr Grellman. A big thank you to our sponsors, without whom, this project would not have been possible. We are having a launch/unveiling of our robot on March 7th. More details to follow.
Tom Pattison
Bush Bot
