MEet Pain D’Epi

Pain d’Epi, Team 5940’s eighth robot, was built to compete in FRC’s 2023 game: Charged Up. Presented by Qualcomm, the game consists of two competing alliances racing to place cones and cubes on nodes in the community grid. At the start of the game is a 15 second period called auto, where the robot autonomously places their cones and cubes. As soon as the bells ring, the drivers take over to battle other robots for the win. In the final moments of each match, alliance robots race to balance on their charge pad and score the final points!

Here is our 2023 three-piece auto teaser!

Here is the FRC 2023 game reveal for CHARGED UP!

PAIN D’EPI FEATURES AND DESIGN

  • Cube Intake - Extending rollers based on last years intake

  • Cone Intake - An extra roll grabs a cone flange and flips it over to the end-effector

  • EndEffector - Double wheels can grab cones or cubes, with a beambreak to sense when the piece is in our possession

  • Wrist - the end effector can be angled to pick up and place game pieces by two belts and pulleys

  • Angled Elevator - We use dyneema to extend three carriages at an angle, allowing us to place cones and cubes with fewer DOF

  • Forks- The combined use of an elevator and rotation lift our robot off the ground

  • Swerve - Four MK4i swerve modules equipped with high traction blue nitrile tread

  • Autoplacement-Cameras sense the tape and April-tags to reliably place game pieces on their node

REGIONAL WINNERS AND EXCELLENCE IN ENGINEERING AWARD - MONTEREY BAY REGIONAL 2023

At the end of March, Team 5940 competed at the Monterey Bay Regional in Monterey Bay, California. After finishing the qualification rounds with a record of 11-1-0, we ranked 2nd at the competition and ended up as the 1st pick of the 1st seeded alliance. With our alliance partners, teams 1323 Madtown Robotics and 6998 Unipards, we won our first regional and qualified for the Houston Championships in April. Here also won the Excellence in Engineering for our reliability and effective design.

INDUSTRIAL DESIGN AWARD - CENTRAL VALLEY REGIONAL 2023

From March 9th to 12th, Team 5940 competed at the Central Valley Regional in Fresno, California. After finishing the qualification rounds with a record of 12-4-0, we allied with, teams 8048 Churrobots and 2135 Presentation Invasion, we finished 7th place. We also won the Industrial Design Award for our ability to bounce back from hard hits from opponent robots.

CHAMPIONSHIP DIVISION FINALIST AND CREATIVITY IN ENGINEERING AWARD - HOUSTON WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS, CURIE DIVISION

From April 19th to 22th, Team 5940 competed at the World Championships in Houston, Texas. This year, 600 teams from around the world were able to participate in this event and were divided into six divisions. Team 5940 was assigned to the Curie division and competed against 77 teams. Winning all but 1 match, we ranked first and captained the first alliance, picking teams 1756 Argos, 649 MSET Fish, and 4131 Iron Panthers to join us. We beat all the other teams and made it all the way to the finals. We also won the Creativity in Engineering Award, for our unique method for manipulating game peices.