DEWBOT XIV

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This is team Sab-BOT-age's entry for FIRST Robotics Competition's 2018 game, FIRST Power Up.

Some notable 2018 achievements are:

DEWBOT XIV Build

What a great game. And what a challenging robot to design, especially within the 120 lb weight limit.

Also, for a scale-capable robot, managing not just weight but center of mass is crucial. It's really hard to score once your robot has fallen over.

Design Details

Drive-Straight CVT Swerve
Inside-Out Lift
Bumpers

Official Events

Kick-off - 6-January-2018
At Hatboro-Horsham High School
Westtown - 9-11 March-2018
The Westtown event is co-hosted by teams 1391 (based at the Westtown School) and 1640. Steve Compton (1391 Head Mentor) serves as Event Coordinator, while Clem McKown (1640 Head Mentor) serves as Volunteer Coordinator. This is the 3rd year of our co-hosting Westtown.
1640 performed well at this event, finishing qualifications in 3rd place with a 9-3-0 record. We led the 3rd alliance with teams 341 (Miss Daisy) and 4373 (Roobotics), making it to semifinals (3-3-0). Sab-BOT-age received the Creativity award, and 49 district qualifying points.
Seneca - 23-25 March-2018
We were invited by 834 (SparTechs) to join the 3rd Alliance. Together with 834 and 2600 (Team Falcon), we went on to win! Collect 60 district qualifying points.
Hatboro-Horsham - 29-31 March-2018
We were invited by 1218 (Vulcan Robotics) to join the 2nd Alliance. Together with 1218 and 1647 (Iron Devils), we blew through Quarter and Semifinals. So did the 1st Alliance (2590 Nemesis, 25 Raider Robotix, and 6226 Blue Devils). In Finals, we lost the first round to the 1st Alliance by 15 points (259-244). We then took the victory in the 2nd match by 17 points (252-260). These were two amazingly evenly-matched alliances! Alas, in the 3rd match, the fiberglass cascade anchors in our lift shattered early in the match, leaving us unable to score. We finished as finalists.
For the first time ever, Team Sab-BOT-age received the District Chairman's Award! This is a significant achievement for the team. Our fedoras are off to our Chairman's sub-team!
In addition, Head Mentor Clem McKown received the FIRST Mid Atlantic Don Bowers Inspiration Award.
As this was our 3rd District Event, we did not receive any qualifying points.
FIRST Mid-Atlantic Championship - 4 (load-in only) - 7 April-2018
We were the 1st pick of FRC 25 (Raider Robotix), the 2nd Alliance Captain. FRC 1089 (Team Mercury) completed this powerful Alliance. We finished as Finalists in the rubber match.
Sab-BOT-age received the Industrial Design Award.
At the close of the FIRST Mid-Atlantic competition season, 1640 is ranked #4 in MAR with 274 ranking points (behind 2590 Nemesis - 355 pts, 225 TechFire - 336 pts, and 25 Raider Robotix - 309 pts).
FRC Championship - 25 - 28 April-2018

Other Events

D-Town Dustoff - 11-November-2017
Downingtown FLL RQT - 9-December-2017

Media

2018 Chairman's Video

Battery Testing

Battery Testing 01-2018

Battery Testing 04-2018

Battery Management

People

Team Sab-BOT-age is what it is only due to the efforts of the people involved. DEWBOT XIV's success will be in the hands of the students, mentors and parents engaged. The team's very existence is possible only through the gracious generosity of our sponsors.

DEWBOT XIV Students
DEWBOT XIV Mentors
Sponsors 2018

See our other robots in the Robot Archives.