The Steamworks competition during our second year was an interesting one, with robots climbing ropes and delivering gears, and with a human player on the field playing as a pilot, there was a lot of action in each match.
Optimus-Le, named after our lead mentor Nhat Le, was R3P2's steamworks robot. Our team lacked resources such as a dedicated building space and we were low on funds, most of our designs were budget-efficient and simple. Originally, we wanted to incorporate a high goal shooting mechanism and did make many prototypes but ultimately found it difficult to integrate it into our robot design, so opted for a low-goal mechanism instead. Another huge aspect of our robot is its ability to climb a rope effectively, the design for this system consists of a velcro-attaching process. A motor was mounted onto the back of the robot with velcro wrapped around its axis and the rope we used also had velcro sewed onto the bottom so that the rope would attach to the motor easily and quickly.
Have a quick look at photos from our 2017 competition season