Team 254: The Cheesy Poofs

2018FIRST POWER UP

Lockdown

For the 2018 season, Team 254 competed with Lockdown. The team went undefeated while winning two regionals and the FIRST Championship in Houston. During the offseason, Lockdown was a finalist at Chezy Champs and won Capital City Classic and MadTown Throwdown.

Lockdown, Team 254's 2018 FRC robotView full size

Specifications

  1. Six-wheel drivetrain with a two-speed transmission that shifts while driving
  2. Pivoting intake on a two-stage, continuously rigged elevator for scoring cubes forward or backward at multiple heights
  3. Deployable forks for hanging with an alliance partner
  4. Spline-based autonomous path generation

Results & Awards

  1. Arizona North Regional

    Champion

    Innovation in Control Award

  2. Silicon Valley Regional

    Champion

    Innovation in Control Award · Volunteer of the Year (Nick Hammes)

  3. FIRST Championship

    World Champion · Hopper Division Champion

    Autonomous Award

  4. Chezy Champs

    Finalist

  5. Capital City Classic

    Champion

  6. MadTown Throwdown

    Champion (254 and 9254)

Winner
2018 Arizona North Regional
Winner
2018 Silicon Valley Regional
Winner
2018 Hopper Division
Winner
2018 Houston Championship

Videos

The Game

2018 FRC game image

FIRST POWER UP

FIRST POWER UP was the game for the 2018 FIRST Robotics Competition. The game is played by two alliances of three teams each. Their robots compete on a field by placing milk crates which represent power cubes on large balancing scales in order to tip the scales and gain ownership. Alliances can also trade power cubes in for temporary advantages called power-ups. At the end of the match, robots can climb or assist a partner in climbing the tower attached to the balancing scale, located on the center of the field, using a rung attached to the tower for additional points. Read more on Wikipedia.

2018 FIRST Robotics Competition season