Our team was challenged to build a robot that would perform well no matter the game element. It could only
use the parts in the LEGO Minstorm kit, the TETRIX kit of parts, and the TETRIX resource kit; these are the
parts available to any team that registers as a FIRST Tech Challenge team. ROBOTC and LabView code would
need to be provided for the autonomous and manual portions of a match. The initial version supports one
sensor.
Here is our solution to that challenge. We built two robots, so we could document every step it takes to
build our robot. We have given our two robots the names PB and J.
The build instructions for these robots are on the US FIRST
FTC Team Resources page. The ROBOTC
and LabView code to operate these robots in autonomous and manual mode are also available on the resource page.
A MATRIX version of this project is also available on the resources page. Australian FIRST Tech Challenge Team
0003 from Queensland, Australia designed the original Push Bot and documents and graciously allowed us to use
their document as a basis for the TETRIX Push Bot.