Team 4950 - Pixel Perfect

Hi! We are Team 4950, Pixel Perfect. Our team is made up of 3 second years and 8 first years organized into hardware and software subteams. The five members of our hardware subteam collaborate with the 7 members of our software subteam to ensure that both subteams communicate effectively throughout the build process. We have learned that this is a key component for building a successful robot. Our team has taken part in several outreach events around the community to educate others about robotics, promote FTC and FIRST values, spread our passion for robotics, and bond with our community as you can see below! If you have any questions feel free to ask any of us!

Robot

Hardware

Throughout the season we worked diligently on building our robot by designing, prototyping, and improving our mechanisms. One of the key features of our robot is:

• Our wobble grabber consists of a motor and a triangle-shaped grabber. To the grabber is a servo that opens and closes one of the sides to let the wobble goal through.

We plan on continuing to improve our robot throughout the rest of the season.

software

Within our software subteam, we split up into two groups - one which focused on the autonomous functions and another that focused on teleop. We collaborated and communicated with the hardware subteam to understand the different mechanisms that we wanted to code and brainstorm the functionality of our robot. Within autonomous, we worked on the drive methods which calculated distances and created Computer Vision models to detect pixels. In teleop, we wrote our drive code and coded our mechanisms such as our arm and claw. 

FLL Youth Mentoring

One of the members of our team, Bryan, was one of the volunteers who led the FLL program for Cupertino High School and mentored the students in aspects of hardware, software, and Gracious Professionalism.

• By collaborating with other volunteers, Bryan was able to assist and help inexperienced middle school students learn both the software and hardware perspectives of FLL. 

• From learning unique constructions with Legos to learning FLL Python, the middle school students were able to harmonize and create a functioning robot. 

• Other than software and hardware, the middle school students also learned about the importance of gracious professionalism. 

• Through this, the middle school students were able to create an inclusive and supportive atmosphere for learning and collaborating. 

• Through this program, we hope to spread the passion of robotics and gracious professionalism. 

Project Artemis

One of the members of our team, Saahiti, volunteered to help mentor for Project Artemis, an initiative designed to provide opportunities in robotics and STEM for young girls and non-binary identifying students.

• Helped mentor participants in the hardware aspect of robotics, including teaching robot construction and Computer-Aided Design (CAD) techniques. 

• The supportive atmosphere of Project Artemis helped to create a sense of confidence and curiosity among the participants, helping to develop a passion for robotics 

• With this workshop, we hoped to create an inclusive environment with the young girls and non-binary individuals