FTC 2020-2021 Season

The Game: Ultimate Goal

This season’s game is Ultimate Goal and presents new challenges to the FIRST lineup. The game includes two main objectives:

1. Collecting and shooting rings into a tower goal or power shot

2. Controlling a wobble goal to deposit

Although the game seems relatively simple, its difficulty comes in implementing efficiency and optimization.

Season Achievements

  • Google Qualifier Collins Aerospace Innovate Award
  • Daly City Qualifier Control Award Sponsored by Arm, Inc.
  • Daly City Qualifier Performance Award (Top Ranked 2nd Place)
  • Qualified for NorCal Regional Championship

Our Robot

Our robot has a U-shaped polycarbonate shooter with a weighted flywheel in order to shoot rings into the high tower goal. Because we wanted more flexibility, a servo allows us to adjust the shooter’s angle, which lets us shoot adaptively at the bars or each level of the tower. The arm picks up wobble goals with ease; no precision needed. It allows for a greater margin of error compared to other designs, and therefore saves a lot of time. Zed won multiple awards in the Google and Daly City qualifiers.


Here is a demonstration of our autonomous:

Check out our youtube channel for our robot reveal and match videos:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfGSbBh8nqsTLXmHDDQ1slw