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The match is broken into two distinct
sections— an Autonomous and Tele-
operated stage. What Kilroy Robotics
chooses to do during these two times
will be important in being competitive in
Recycle Rush. Our “game plan” is as
follows:
The first fifteen sec-
onds of the game is the
autonomous phase.
This is when the robot
only runs solely on
code. Kilroy Robotics
plans to be able to pick
up a yellow tote from
the staging area and
moving it to the auto-
zone. In total this
scores 10 points, 6
from the tote and 4
from the robot pro-
gressing into a different
zone. If our alliance
partners also move into
the autozone with a
tote and we stack them
all that’s 20 points not
including the 12 points from the robots in
the autozone.
The second phase is tele-operated. This
is when the drivers are in control of the
robot. We plan on being able to pick up
three totes at a time, then being able to
create a stack of six in total and put a
recycling bin with a piece of litter on top
of the stack. We are also keeping a low
center of gravity, so that we can avoid
tipping over when working on stacking
totes. Lastly, in the last few seconds of
each match Kilroy wishes to be able to
push the litter into the landfill zone so
that our opponents will not receive
points from “unprocessed litter” in our
autozone or staging zone.
The 2015 FIRST Robotics Competition
Challenge is Recycle Rush— a game
played by two alliances of three teams
each. Alliances compete simultaneously
to score points by stacking totes on Scor-
ing Platforms, capping those stacks with
Recycling Containers,
and properly disposing
litter, represented by
pool noodles, in desig-
nated locations. These
locations are two-inch
high platforms that are
throughout the field.
Saturday January 3rd
and Sunday January
4th consisted of all-day
strategy and design
brainstorming at Coloni-
al Forge High School in
Stafford. The team had
to not only decide how
we wanted to approach
the challenge of Recy-
cle Rush, but also how
we were going to con-
struct a robot to do so.
At the end of the design days, the team
had decided upon four primary goals to
focus on, which were then prioritized—
1. Be able to stack three totes high with
a container
2. Be able to cross the scoring platform
3. Be able to Push Litter
4. Be able to flip totes upright
In order to do this, Kilroy Robotics then
voted on general design aspects for the
robot. We are for the twice year in history,
using a mecanum drive train, with a fork-
lift to manipulate totes and containers.
Similar to last year, the robot will have a
modulus design enabling different parts
of the robot to be worked on inde-
pendently.
Kilroy’s Strategy By Sidd Rao and Jessica Salinas
CURRENT MEMBER COUNT:
39 STUDENTS
FROM STAFFORD, SPOTSYLVANNIA, KING
GEORGE AND CAROLINE
COUNTIES
January 2015
FRC TEAM KILROY 339
Schedule of Events 2
Kilroy News 3
3-D Printer 3
Sponsor of the Month 3
Mid-Build Update 4
Pictures
Special Thank You 5
Get Involved 6
INSIDE THIS ISSUE:
KILROY IMPACT TRACKER:
3,520 PEOPLE
FROM THE COUNTIES OF STAFFORD SPTOSYVANIA KING GEORGE AND CAROLINE
KILROY Newsletter
Editor: Jessica Salinas
January Page 2
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
3/6— Demo @ Englund Run Library in Stafford
3/13—Demo @ Porter Library in Stafford
3/19-21—Regional Com-petition in Richmond, VA
Regular Weekly Meetings will be Thursdays at the Lab in Stafford from 6-9pm
Kilroy Advisory Team Meet-ings will be Tuesdays at the Lab in Stafford from 6-8pm
Additional Meetings will be added as needed.
SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT
1 2 3
KAT
4 5
Meeting
6
Demo
7
8 9 10
KAT
11 12
Meeting
13
Demo
14
15 16 17
KAT
18 19 20 21
22 23 24
KAT
25 26
Meeting
27 28
29 30 31
KAT
March
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
2/17—End of Build Season
2/17—Demo @ Freedom Middle School in Spotsylva-nia
2/24— Kilroy Advisory Team Meeting @ Lab
2/26—Regular Weekly Meeting @ Lab
Week of 2/1— regular lab meetings will be Tues., Wed., and Thurs., at the Lab from 6-9pm.
Week of 2/8— regular lab meetings will be every week day from 6-9pm
Week of 2/15— regular lab meetings will be Mon., Tues., and Wed., from 6-9pm .
We will meet the first two Sat-urdays of the month from 9am– 4pm at Lab
We will meet on the second and third Sunday of the month from 1-5pm
SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT
1 2 3
Meeting
4
Meeting
5
Meeting
6
7
Meeting
8
Meeting
9
Meeting
10
Meeting
11
Meeting
12
Meeting
13
Meeting
14
Meeting
15
Meeting
16
Meeting
17 Meeting Demo
18 Chairman Meeting
19 Chairman Meeting
20
21
22
23 24
KAT
25 26
Meeting
27 28
February
Chairman’s team will continue to meet 2/18 and 2/19 following the conclusion of bagging the robot.
Virginia Regional Competition
FIRST FRC Team 339 Kilroy Robotics Page 3
Kilroy Robotics is currently raising
money to attend a second Regional
Competition. Historically, the team
attends two competitions each sea-
son. This year, we are trying to raise
$5,000 to attend a second competi-
tion. To achieve this goal, Kilroy
Robotics is holding an online dona-
tion campaign, through piggybackr.
KILROY NEWS
The url to the Kilroy Page is:
https://www.piggybackr.com/
david_shotwell/kilroy-robotics-
help-us-go-to-chesapeake-
regional-fundraiser
Check it out with this QR code:
Kilroy Robotics has awarded the title
of Sponsor of the Month to SimVen-
tions.
SimVentions is local small business,
with specialties ranging from sys-
tems engineering to program man-
agement. Employees work daily
through the various government
contracts the company acquires a
year, specifically with products
meant for military use.
With an emphasis on customer sat-
isfaction, SimVentions goes above
and beyond their clients’ expecta-
Sponsor of the Month by KC Cowan
tions in order to meet their criteria
and more. Besides a stellar track
record in the private sector, the
company stresses building strong
relationships with the general pub-
lic, specifically students with an
expressed interest in Science,
Technology, Engineering, and
Mathematics (STEM) careers.
Every year, SimVentions opens its
doors to various schools and
STEM-based activities to provide
an insight into the world of engi-
neering as early as possible.
Many opportunities are also of-
fered for those looking for work
experience in their respective
fields and technical certifications.
SimVentions has helped shape
the country’s next generation of
engineers, and Kilroy 339 thanks
you for your gracious donation to
our team!
After a long wait, we finally have our Ekocycle 3D printer! The Ekocycle uses recycled plastic bottles as the material in their spools as a way to promote environmentally friendly practices. It can print anything within a 6x6x6 inch area. The 3D printer lays down one layer of plastic at a time and as such doesn’t waste any material and allows for both stability and structural strength. As an added bonus, our Ekocycle can print two colors simultaneously, sadly no orange yet but more colors will become available. So far we are planning on using the printer this build season to make sonar horn, which will be used to direct sound
EKOCYCLE Cube 3-D Printer by Sidd Rao, Luke Gentry, Ben Hellmann, Jacob Puckett
waves so that our receptors only read what is necessary, and brackets for holding air tanks in place.
We have just printed out our first Kilroy designed piece for Kilroy 16—an air tank bracket.
January Page 4
The mechanical and construction
subteam of Kilroy Robotics is hard
at work with the design and physical
building of the 2015 season's robot.
The frame for the robot was entirely
designed on AutoDesk Inventor, a
Computer Aided Design program.
After finishing the designs, we sent
the designs to Night Vision Labs at
Fort Belvoir. There, the pieces were
cut to out our specifications using an
abrasive jet cutter. The parts were
then sent back to us and were im-
mediately sent with Chris Blackburn
with Commonwealth Technology to
be powdered coated a bright safety
orange.
After powder coating, Mr. Blackburn
sent the parts back so that they
could finally be pieced together into
an actual drive train. Transmissions
were then assembled. Due to our
use of mecanum drive, each of the
four wheels requires its own motor
transmission. Once all were con-
structed, the complete drive train
was put together and was handed
over to the programming focused
subteam while design of the forklift
was initiated.
nary list of items like motor control-lers and sensors that would be nec-essary for autonomous and teleop. Code was then begun.
Once the 2015 frame had been completed by the mechanical and construction subteam, two meetings were spent transferring all of the hardware occur.
In the next few minutes to come, the focus will be on calibrating the motor controllers for the new drive train.
With the significant influx of new programming members this season, the subteam of Kilroy Robotics dedi-cated to programming the robot. In order to more effectively and effi-ciently finish the code the robot they divided into three sub-groups—one for teleop, one to focus on autono-mous, and one for “engineering”.
The subteam spent several meet-ings deciding what needed to be done for each portion of the match. This allowed us to create a prelimi-
Additionally, work will be done to create a function that will compen-sate for strafing errors
Mid-build Update
Programming Team by Noah Golmant
Mechanical and Construction Team by Nicholas Pacheco
FIRST FRC Team 339 Kilroy Robotics Page 5
We would also like to express our
gratitude to Mr. Blackburn with Com-
monwealth Technologies. The mem-
bers and mentors greatly appreciate
your willingness to come to lab to
receive our frame parts and weld and
powder coat them orange.
Kilroy Robotics would like to extend
a special Thank You to the following
generous contributors:
Joanne C. Close
Vic and Grayce Lechtenburg
Nancy Espeland
Kurt and Marie Heindrichs
Daniel and Jennifer Hammond
Kilroy Robotics would not be able to
attend the Chesapeake Regional
without your donations! Thank you
again for helping with out piggybackr
campaign.
Pictures Credits to Brittany White and Jessica Salinas
A Special Thank You to:
"FIRST is a network of Gracious Professionals, passionately developing compassionate
leaders from the youth of the world that will solve our global challenges by applying
technology and scientific solutions to the hard problems humanity has yet to solve."
Dr. Woodie Flowers, FIRST National Advisor
robot; however we may be able to find use of it in another aspect of the team.
Partnership is a form of sponsorship that Kilroy Robotics holds on a much different regard. In es-sence, the relationship between the team and a partner is much more inter-active than with a sponsor. Businesses are allowed the opportunity to Partner with Kilroy Robotics and offer mentors and support with specific projects. Currently the team has two mentors from sponsors—who are greatly enjoying their time with FIRST Robotics Com-petition Team 339 Kilroy Robotics and whose time and efforts are appreciated more than words can ex-press. Additionally, organi-zations can choose to be instrumental in the planning and implementation of out-reach events and impact efforts. The team is always looking for businesses who have “been there and done that” to bounce ideas off of—ideas concerning any-thing from robot fabrication to possible summer camps.
Anyone can donate and all donations and sponsorship is accepted with an abun-dance of gratitude. Sup-porting Kilroy Robotics is an opportunity to spread the word of FIRST and highlight the importance of
Our success quite simply depends on you.
Interacting and cooperat-ing with local businesses is vital for financing our oper-ations and most important-ly, inspiring the community about FIRST and STEM.
Tax deductible monetary donations to our non-profit organization will allow us to purchase parts and pay for Regional Competition Registrations and the as-sociated costs. Financial support can be specified to aid a specific goal or branch of the team—computer programming, mechanical fabrication, spirit organization, general team organization, safety organization…etc.. Previ-ously, business support has enabled Kilroy Robot-ics to fund FIRST Tech Challenge and FIRST Lego League teams in High Schools and an Ele-mentary School in Stafford County.
Sponsorship can also come in the form of dona-tions in kind. These dona-tions can come in the form old equipment or useful supplies. The team is very good at recycling and reus-ing old technical and me-chanical resources. There are certain materials that FIRST does not allow the team to use in the actual
STEM. Robotics is so much more than a club that simply builds a robot. Robotics is a club that builds people—the future generations of profession-al engineers, scientists, technicians, grant writers, CEOs, mathematicians, and entrepreneurs.
Prompting leadership, determination, persever-
ance, motivation, interest,
and inspiration all that is missing from
Kilroy Robotics is you.
Get Involved!
FIRST ROBOTICS COMPEITION
FIRST TECH CHALLENGE
FIRST LEGO LEAGUE
www.usfirst.org
FRC TEAM KILROY 339 CONTACT INFO
COMMONWEALTH GOVENOR’S SCHOOL
http://www.cgsva.net/cgs/default.aspx
DAVID SHOTWELL, HEAD COACH
(540) 658-6115 ext. 125
Lockheed Martin
SimVentions
Atkinson Aeronautics
Stafford Economic
Development Authority
HDT Robotics
National Defense
Education Program
NAVSEA Dahlgren
CGS PTO
Fredericksburg PC Users Group
Commonwealth Technology
C&S MillWorks
Sherri Oesterheld
Amy Night Vision Labs, Fort Belvoir
KILROY 339
AND THE COMMONWEALTH
GOVERNOR’S SCHOOL
WOULD LIKE TO THANK OUR
SPORNORS: