MEet ROTi

Team 5940’s ninth robot, Roti, was built for FRC’s 2024 season, Crescendo. This year’s game was themed around music and concerts, and the two competing alliances of a match raced to score Notes in Amps and Speakers. At the start of a match, there is a 15 second period called the autonomous period where robots follow pre-programmed instructions only. Then, the guitar riff plays, signaling the start of the tele-operated period where student drivers have full control of the robots. In the last 30 seconds, robots attempt to climb onto the Stage and score an additional Note in the Trap, while the human players throw High Notes onto Microphones for extra points!

This was our robot reveal for our 2024 robot, Roti!

Here is our 2024 uncensored 6 Note auto!

roti FEATURES AND DESIGN

  • Shooter - Left and right flywheels spin at different speeds to create spin mounted on elevator, angle down for amp

  • Intake - Under the bumper intake using rollers, live axle wheel for centering

  • Handoff - Live and dead axle rollers hold the note until the robot is in position

  • Bumpers - one side raised for under the bumper intake

  • Elevator - Two stage elevator allows robot to shoot over defenders and score in the amp and trap.

  • Trap - Robot tilts so elevator holds trap open, note reverses out the back of the shooter

  • Swerve - SwerveX modules equipped with high traction black nitrile tread

  • Auto Shooting - Cameras sense the April-tags to position the robot to score the notes reliably

REGIONAL WINNERS AND Autonomous AWARD - San Francisco Regional

From March 7th to 10th, Team 5940 competed at the San Francisco Regional held at St. Ignatius College Preparatory. As the first pick of Alliance #1, along with Team 114 Eaglestrike and Team 5507 Robotic Eagles, we soared through the playoffs undefeated to win SFR!

REGIONAL WINNERS AND Autonomous AWARD - Central Valley regional

From March 21st to 24th, Team 5940 competed at the Central Valley Regional in Fresno, California, our second regional of the 2024 season. After many very exciting qualification matches, we were picked first by Team 1323 Madtown Robotics for Alliance #1. Along with Team 7589 and Team 8840, we played through the elimination rounds undefeated, reaching the Final matches. In these Finals against Team 840, Team 5817, and Team 6657, we won both matches, becoming Regional Winners once again! In addition to this, we won the autonomous award once more, thanks to our incredible programming team!

REGIONAL Finalists AND Autonomous AWARD - East Bay regional

From April 4th-7th, Team 5940 competed at the East Bay Regional. Emerging from qualification matches with only one loss, we were the Alliance Captain of our alliance with Teams 581 and 1458, becoming Regional Finalists! We also won our third autonomous award for this season, having taken the title at every regional we attended!

HOUSTON WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS, Hopper DIVISION

From April 17-21, Team 5940 BREAD competed in the Hopper Division at FIRST Championship in Houston, Texas. More than 600 teams traveled from all around the world to compete in eight divisions of roughly 75 teams each. After many tough qualification rounds, we became alliance captains, choosing Team 3006 Red Rock Robotics, Team 195 CyberKnights, and Team 818 The Steel Armadillos!