Name: Occam VII: Deadline
Status: Operational
Features:

• Six wheel drive geared to ~8ft/s
• Turreted arm
• Two-stage elevator
• Arm with two joints (wrist and elbow)
• Pneumatic claw
• Sensors on every actuation
• 3 feet tall at start
• 9+ft tall with arm fully extended

Description: In the 2007 game, Rack and Roll, teams could score points by placing innertubes on a goal structure, the Rack, or by being over 4 inches above the ground at the end of the match. We chose to focus on scoring tubes while still being able to climb other team's ramps (the game was played in alliances of three). We achieved our primary goal with a very fast and complex arm that scored as many as six tubes in an official compeition match. To achieve our second goal, the arm was attached to a six-wheel drive base that had excellent manueverability, decent traction, and was geared to a moderate speed. Unfortunately, the arm's complexity was its undoing, and due to control problems, it was non-functional until our second regional.