Event Results
Team 8089 was 14-26-0 in official play and 23-33-0 overall in 2023.
As a member of the FIRST Canada – Ontario district, Team 8089 ranked #79 having earned 60 points.
ONT District Western University Engineering Event – March 17 to March 19, 2023
- Team 8089 was Rank 17 with a record of 6-8-0
- They competed in the playoffs as the 1st Pick of Alliance 7 and were eliminated in the Double Elimination Bracket (Round 2) with alliance partners 4917 and 7902.
ONT District University of Waterloo Event – March 23 to March 25, 2023
- Team 8089 was Rank 19 with a record of 3-11-0
- They competed in the playoffs as the 2nd Pick of Alliance 8 and were eliminated in the Double Elimination Bracket (Round 2) with alliance partners 5912 and 772
Ontario Provincial Championship – Technology Division – April 5-8
- Team 8089 was Rank 38 with a record of 5-7-0
Robots@CNE – August 31 to September 3, 2023
- Team 8089 was Rank 18 with a record of 9-7-0
- They competed in the playoffs as the 2nd Pick of Alliance 2 and won the event with alliance partners 3683 and 4678.
Community Involvement
Discover Rockway event – November 9
Connections Homecoming Spaghetti Supper – October 20
Design Goals
Going into the 2023 season the team wanted to get better at design and build timelines and time management, and allow for meaningful code development and drive practice before competition. The Charged Up game pieces presented a unique challenge, and we were determined to design one mechanism that could handle both Cones and Cubes and score them anywhere on the Grid.
Robot Mechanisms
Our scoring mechanism was one of the most unique in the world, using pneumatic pistons to launch game pieces, with a ball screw mechanism to adjust launch angle. The sled for the launcher was loaded by the human player and could score cubes in low, mid, and high nodes, and cones in the low and mid nodes, with identical handling of both pieces. Programmed colour LED lights on Flame Thrower allowed for rapid communication between the drive team and the human player during the match. With the spare weight budget, we bolted a steel plate to the bottom of the robot to lower our centre of mass.
Match Playstyle
After spending a lot of time practicing cycles at the WWFirst practice field, we became a substantial scoring bot, able to score both pieces and make our own links. Our autonomous code improved greatly, able to score a game piece and self balance on the charge station using gyroscopic sensors. The low centre of mass with tank drive allowed for easier endgame balancing with alliance mates, and made us a formidable defense bot that could disrupt the opposing alliance
