2018 FRC Season – FIRST Power Up
For the 2018 season, Team 254 competed with our robot, Lockdown. The team had a very successful season, winning two regionals and the FIRST Championship in Houston, having an undefeated season. During the offseason, Lockdown was a finalist at Team 254’s own Chezy Champs and won Capital City Classic and MadTown Throwdown.
FIRST Power Up – The Challenge
FIRST Power Up is the game for the 2018 FIRST Robotics Competition. The game is played by two alliances of three teams each. Their robots compete on a field by placing milk crates which represent power cubes on large balancing scales in order to tip the scales and gain ownership. Alliances can also trade power cubes in for temporary advantages called power ups. At the end of the match, robots can climb or assist a partner in climbing the tower attached to the balancing scale, located on the center of the field, using a rung attached to the tower for additional points. More Information can be found on Wikipedia .
Lockdown – The Robot
Quick Facts
- Name Lockdown
- Status Displayable
- Size 28″ W x 33″ L x 54″ H
- Weight 119 lbs
- Official Record 53-0-0
Competition Schedule
- Arizona North Regional Champion, Innovation in Control Award
- Silicon Valley Regional Champion, Innovation in Control Award
- FIRST Championship (Houston) Championship Winner, Hopper Subdivision Champion, Autonomous Award
- Chezy Champs Finalist
- Capital City Classic Winner
- MadTown Throwdown Winner (254 and 9254)
Robot Abilities
- 6 wheel drive with two-speed shift-on-the-fly transmission
- Pivoting intake mounted on two-stage continuous-rigged elevator can grab cubes and score them forwards or backwards at multiple heights
- Deployable forklifts to hang with an alliance partner
- Spline-based path generation during autonomous
