Typhoon 2024 - Crescendo

Our most advanced and automated robot to-date, Typhoon leverages its efficient design to rapidly score notes in the speaker and amp while maintaining excellent maneuverability. Typhoon features evolved controls, allowing our driver to focus more on strategy and less on details, from intelligent two-button teleop controls (the robot decides what action to perform on its own) to various teleop assists and automatons (intake assist, etc).



Tech Specs:
  • Weight: 122.6 lbs
  • Size: 28" W x 28" L x 27.7" H
  • Intake: Over-the-bumper style pivoting intake using rubber wrapped carbon fiber rollers, powered by a Falcon 500 motor and controlled by a beam break sensor, pivot powered by an independent Falcon 500 for each side
  • Amp: Uses intake to shoot notes into the AMP via an extendable (virtual four bar linkage) carbon fiber deflector rod
  • Shooter: Pivot driven by a profiled PIDF controlled falcon 500 motor on a 9:1 planetary reduction, connected to a 3d printed herringbone circular rack and pinion, uses a pre-tuned firing solution table to score notes from anywhere
  • Hopper: 775 driven belt hopper controlled by beam break sensor
  • Flywheel: Through-axle, full contact flywheel using Colson Performa outer wheels and Andymark Stealth inner wheels, PIDF controlled up to 6000 RPM
  • Vision: 4x Arducam OV9281 connected to 2X OrangePi 5 runing Photonvision, fed to BreakerLib pose filtering and 200hz multi-threded kalman odometry fusion. ML note pursuit in auto and lock-to-note intake assistance powered by an LL3 w/ google coral
  • Drivetrain: SDS MK4i L3 (16T) swerve modules with Kraken Drive Motors, Falcon 500 azimuth motors, and CTRE CANcoder encoders. Powered by BreakerLib.
  • Autonomous: 1 - 5 Note autos with AD* replanning and AI Note tracking/pursuit to improve gamepiece acquisition reliability
Awards:
  • Regional Finalists: Monterey Bay Regional
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Plop 2023 - Charged Up | Off season

A development platform for next gen competition technologies and a learning platform for new mechanical strategies. Uses a combined elevator/wrist system to rapidly and precisely score cones and cubes in all levels of the grid autonomously, even during Teleop. Competed in the 2023 Madtown Throwdown Off-season competition.



Tech Specs:
  • Weight: 90 lbs
  • Size: 26" W x 26" L x 33.4" H
  • Hand: Falcon based everybot style intake with 2 Autonics beam break sensors for game piece detection and a PWF CAN ToF sensor for cone position compensation for autonomous and teleop auto-alignment. Single falcon PID-FF actuator for wrist movement.
  • Elevator: Duel falcon grey-t style elevator w/ motion magic control
  • Drivetrain: SDS MK4i L1 swerve modules with Falcon 500 motors and CTRE CANcoder encoders. Field centric and heading compensated control with cardinal field angle snap. Powered by BreakerLib.
  • Vision: Quad Arducam OV9281 Global Shutter USB cameras, each powered by its own Orange PI4 LTS running PhotonVision. On-RIO pose filtering and odometry fusion powered by BreakerLib.
  • Autonomous: 1 and 2 game piece autos with autobalance. Pathing based on Pathplanner.
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Cthulhu 2023 - Charged Up | MBR

Designed and built from the ground up in the two weeks between our CVR and MBR competitions, Cthulhu represents an evolution of the BreakerBots' 2023 design stratagem. Cthulhu features a more precise single jointed arm mounted low in the robot to more efficiently score both cones and (primarily) cubes in the hybrid and mid nodes of the scoring grid.



Tech Specs:
  • Weight: 100.8 lbs
  • Size: 26" W x 26" L x 27.7" H
  • Intake: Fixed, tri-roller, 3" compliant wheel based intake powered by a 775 motor on a 40:1 reduction
  • Arm: Single jointed arm powered by a custom Duel falcon gearbox
  • Drivetrain: SDS MK4i L1 swerve modules with Falcon 500 motors and CTRE CANcoder encoders. Powered by Breakerlib.
  • Autonomous: 1, 2, and 3 game piece autos with autobalance. Pathing based on in-house PathPoint system.
Awards:
  • Gracious Professionalism: Monterey Bay Regional
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Kraken 2023 - Charged Up | CVR

Uses a double jointed arm to score Cones and Cubes in all levels of the grid. The BreakerBot's first competition swerve drive robot.



Tech Specs:
  • Weight: 117 lbs
  • Size: 26" W x 26" L x 53.2" H
  • Arm: Double jointed arm powered by 2x custom single falcon gearboxes with gas-shock suspension to counteract gravity
  • Intake: Duel 2" compliant wheel roller intake power by a 775 motor on a 40:1 reduction. The Intake assembly is kept level to the ground by a direct mechanical linkage to the robot chassis base.
  • Drivetrain: SDS MK4i L1 swerve modules with Falcon 500 motors and CTRE CANcoder encoders. Powered by Breakerlib.
  • Autonomous: 1 and 2 game pice autos with autobalance. Pathing based on in-house PathPoint system.
Awards:
  • Regional Finalists: Central Valley Regional

Charybdis 2022 - Rapid React

Averages 9 cycles per match, scoring two cargo into the upper hub each cycle. The flywheel shooter has the ability to shoot to the upper hub or lower hub. With a consistent climb directly to the mid-rung in under 10 seconds.



Tech Specs:
  • Weight: 122.8 lbs
  • Size: 28" W x 32" L x 38.75" H
  • Shooter: Dual flywheel, 6,000 rpm, 2 limelights for increased driver vision
  • Drivetrain: 6 falcon, WCP Flipped Gearbox (Single Speed, 3 Stages)
  • Climb: WCP telescoping, mid, high, and traverse climb
  • Intake: 4-bar linkage deployable full width intake for consistent cargo pickup
  • Indexer: Centers cargo into hopper, with 18 flex wheels
  • Autonomous: 2 & 3 ball auto
Awards:
  • Regional Finalists: Monterey Bay Regional
  • Second Seed Alliance Captain: Monterey Bay Regional
  • Excellence In Engineering Award: Monterey Bay Regional
  • Regional Quarterfinalists: Port Hueneme
  • Sixth Seed Alliance Captain: Port Hueneme
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Tsunami 2020 - Infinite Recharge

Capable of shooting power cells across the field into the lower, upper, and inner ports with automatic vision targeting. Uses a flywheel shooter with an adjustable hood and turret for precision aiming. Also capable of climbing the generator switch when over five feet high in under 8 seconds, using a folding bar system.



Tech Specs:
  • Weight: 125 lbs
  • Size: 28" W x 32" L x 27.5" H
  • Shooter: 270d turret, 40d adj. hood, 9000rpm flywheel, limelight for vision tracking
  • Climber: folding arms w/ under 8 second full climb
  • Drivetrain: Custom falcon gearboxes w/ 11.5 ft/s max speed, 6" wheels with omnis in front
  • Hopper: snake hopper w/ versa rollers for movement
  • Intake: drop down folding deploy, printed mechanum wheels for centering
  • Paneler: 3" flex wheels powered by a 775pro w/ vp encoder and rev color sensor v3
  • Autonomous: 3, 6, and 8 ball autos
Awards:
  • Industrial Design Award
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Riptide 2019 - Off season

Built for team outreach and to make our robotics team better known in our school and community. Uses a two scuba tank system to fire t-shirts into the crowd at various events, including school rallies and football games.



Tech Specs:
  • Weight: ~160 lbs
  • Size: 28" W x 33" L x 24" H
  • Top Speed: 17 ft/s
  • Projectile Range: 100+ ft
  • Pneumatics: High pressure scuba tank at 3000psi, scuba tank expansion chamber at 0psi-120psi, MAC Solenoid Valve for firing
  • Control System: Since 2022 Riptide has used a standard PWM based RC control system
  • Drivetrain: 4x CIM Motors w/ 3" Custom Gearboxes
  • Turret & Pitch: Powered by Bosch Seat Motors
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Nebula 2019 - Destination: Deep Space

Capable of placing game pieces in the cargo ship and level one of the rocket. Uses a pneumatic system for handling hatches, a motorized arm and chute for cargo, and an additional pneumatic system for solo Hab-3 climb.



Tech Specs:
  • Weight: 117 lbs
  • Size: 28" W x 32" L x 47" H
Awards:
  • Second Seed Alliance Captain: Monterey Bay Regional
  • Regional Semifinalist: Monterey Bay Regional
  • Regional Semifinalist: Central Valley Regional
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Athena 2018 - Power Up

Uses a motorized intake and a single column cascading elevator to pick up, transport, and eject power cubes on the switch, scale, and vault. Also capable of climbing with a hook and winch.



Tech Specs:
  • Weight: 120 lbs
  • Size: 28" W x 33" L x 55" H
Awards:
  • Regional Finalist: Central Valley Regional
  • Eighth Seed Alliance Captain: Newton Division at Houston World Championships
  • Tournament Semifinalists: CalGames
  • Tournament Quarterfinalists: MadTown Throwdown
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Archer 2017 - Steamworks

Picks up, transports, and places gears using a passive funnel-style intake and pneumatic ejection. Uses a winch and rachet system to climb at the end of the match.


Tech Specs:
  • Weight: 115 lbs
  • Size: 40" W x 36" L x 24" H
Awards:
  • Regional Finalists: Central Valley Regional
  • Fourth Seed Alliance Captains: Turing Division at Houston World Championships
  • Tournament Finalists: CalGames
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Madoc 2016 - Stronghold

Uses a dual-motor intake system paired with a servo trigger control to collect, transport, and eject 10" foam balls into goals. For maneuverability, uses large, rubber tires and custom (wooden) hubs to be able to cross "defenses" easily.


Tech Specs:
  • Size: 28" W x 32" L x 12" H
Awards:
  • Tournament Finalists: CalGames
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Klaus 2015 - Recycle Rush

Uses a winch and pulley system to pick up, stack, and transport totes across the field. Also uses wheels to provide omni-directional driving.


Tech Specs:
  • Size: 27" W x 29" L x 14" H

Felix 2014 - Aerial Assist

Competed in Aerial Assist. The BreakerBots' first robot!


Tech Specs:
  • Size: 23" W x 32" L x 28" H
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