Kousha Ardakani

Leading up to the event, our team was in full-on work mode, focusing on three key areas: refining our autonomous routines, perfecting our coral scoring, and ensuring our climb was rock-solid. Our programming team worked tirelessly to get our auto consistently hitting Level 4 during practice, while the mechanical and design teams collaborated with the drive team to fine-tune our climb along with the different communicative elements of our PS5 controller. Friday was all about practice matches. Our auto performed somewhat consistently, hitting Level 4 and giving us a strong head start in every game. Even though our vision system wasn’t fully operational, our driver delivered an outstanding performance on the field. And our climb is currently 8th in the world. Thanks James! (Our human player was the main designer behind it). It worked flawlessly every match, securing crucial endgame points. Seeing all our hard work pay off was an incredible feeling. Saturday: Quals and Quick Fixes Saturday’s qualification matches brought intense competition. We noticed an issue with our coral intake and outtake system—corals would sometimes slip or drop during the switch from auto to teleop. We also noticed that the angle on outtake wasn’t working well for L4, messing with our auto and teleop cycles. Fortunately, our new scouting app and video reviews helped us quickly identify the [...]