Strategy and Machine Concept

Strategy and Machine Concept

Our main objective is to get one of the high value red ball at the tower perches and deposit it to our goal as fast as possible, to then continue with defense strategy preventing the opponent to score.

If opponent are trying to collect red or yellow balls to be deposited at their goal, then we will place our machine on top of their goal to prevent them scoring. Depending on the situation, we also considered "stopping by" the tower perches to collect one of the black ball (step 5) to play "the swap" tactics.

If opponent are trying to collect the black balls, then we will just stay at our goal to prevent them from depositing the balls at our end.

To reach this objective, we designed our machine to have three important features:
1. Extending arm to reach the tower perches
2. High speed and maneuverability by having independently driven wheels.
3. Wide base and two rollers to prevent the machine falling into the hole.

Below are the screenshot of our "Solidworks" machine design concept: