2002 - Growing PainsIn 2002, Charger Robotics experienced a great deal of growth. The size of the team nearly doubled and it's goals and aspirations continued to expand.The goals of Charger Robotics for 2002 included fostering 3 FLL teams at local middle schools, starting and mentoring one new FIRST team (Team 930), and growing our presense at State Fair. The team also developed it's community awareness by showing "The Game" at the Wisconsin State Fair and starting our Annual Open House/Mini-Regional for local teams. Charger Robotics also began to show off our robot at events such as Dozer Days, Cub Scout events, school assemblies, UW-Madison Engineering Expo, and at the WI-FIRST Lego League competitions. Click here to view pictures of our team from this year Game - Zone ZealThis game consisted of three large movable octagonal goals placed in the center of an otherwise empty field. On either side of the field were 20 soccer balls. The object of the game was to collect the soccer balls, place them into the goals, and maneuver the goals into a scoring zone for your alliance. Each goal in your scoring zone was worth 10 points. Each soccer ball inside a goal in your scoring zone was worth 1 point. Each robot touching the home zone at the end of the match was worth 10 points. Here is a picture from the manual for the field setup and scoring zones. RobotIn true Team 537 fashion, we decided to do everything again. Our robot could collect and deposit balls into goals, manipulate one goal, and detach a “rover” that would drive out onto the field to allow us to touch our home zone while still being attached to a goal. An interesting thing happened between regionals and nationals this year. We decided to change out strategy after seeing what Team 71 could do. We decided to become a forklift bot to lift the Beaty beast off the ground and pull them out of the zone. We did not complete this modification in time during nationals and only had two matches where we competed as the forklift bot.  Mentors and Volunteers
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