The Machine
Built in-house for DECODE, season 2025–26.
Built in-house for DECODE, season 2025–26.
Rough prototypes on the field, full CAD model in parallel. Every subsystem went through a few versions before we settled on the one we kept, and all the code is public. Meet the students behind the build.
Read the PortfolioDrives in any direction, including sideways. Motors slot straight into a U-shaped frame so the intake path does not jam.
Two dead-wheel encoder pods plus the Control Hub IMU track position even when the drive wheels slip. Paths run on Pedro Pathing.
Three flywheels for grip and an adjustable hood to reach both the close and far shooting zones.
Gear-driven rotation on a lazy-Susan bearing aims the shooter without turning the whole robot.
In DECODE you launch artifacts into the goal against the clock, and points go to teams that score accurately and can repeat it. Our triple-flywheel launcher and a repeatable autonomous (drive off the line, spin up, land three shots) earned us the Think Award at our first UK qualifier, judged on the engineering and documentation behind the robot.
The Winning Portfolio
Our code is public. Ask us anything about how we did it.
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