Team 254: The Cheesy Poofs

2019DESTINATION: DEEP SPACE

Backlash

For the 2019 season, Team 254 competed with Backlash. The team won the San Francisco and Silicon Valley Regionals and reached the Einstein finals at the FIRST Championship in Houston. During the offseason, Backlash won Chezy Champs and reached the MadTown Throwdown semifinals.

Backlash, Team 254's 2019 FRC robotView full size

Specifications

  1. Six-wheel, two-speed West Coast drivetrain
  2. Turret with Limelight-powered vision tracking
  3. Single-stage elevator with a double-jointed arm
  4. Combined intake for cargo and hatch panels
  5. Suction-pad climber deployed by a bistable over-center linkage

Results & Awards

  1. San Francisco Regional

    Champion

    Innovation in Control Award

  2. Silicon Valley Regional

    Champion

    Excellence in Engineering Award

  3. FIRST Championship (Houston)

    Einstein Finalist · Turing Subdivision Champion

    Industrial Design Award

  4. Chezy Champs

    Champion

  5. MadTown Throwdown

    Semifinalist (254 and 9254)

Winner
2019 San Francisco Regional
Winner
2019 Silicon Valley Regional
Winner
2019 Turing Division

Videos

The Game

2019 FRC game image

DESTINATION: DEEP SPACE

DESTINATION: DEEP SPACE was the game for the 2019 FIRST Robotics Competition. The game involves two alliances of three teams each competing to place hatch covers and rubber balls or “cargo” on rockets and cargo ships before returning to their hab platform to climb at the end of the match. Read more on Wikipedia.

2019 FIRST Robotics Competition season