Trident

Meet Trident, our robot for the 2023 Charged Up season. (insert weight and height here). Its goal was to score cones and cubes as well as balance on the charging station. 

 

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Charged Up

This game’s theme revolves around energy and sustainable development. This game is split into two alliances of three teams each and the objective is to score the most points by mainly placing cones and cubes into nodes. Teams can also balance on the charging station to earn points at the end of the match

Source: Wikipedia

Awards

    • Quality Award – Orange County Regional
    • Regional Winners – Los Angeles Regional
    • Regional Winners – Arizona Regional
    • Autonomous Award Sponsored by Ford – Arizona Regional

Orange County Regional (Mar. 9 - Mar. 12)

At the Orange County Regional, the Robot Dolphins were able to rank 10th after the qualification matches with an average ranking score of 2. They were picked first by 7157, the second alliance captain, and played with 6695 and 5025. Unfortunately, they lost in the first playoff round against the Alliance 7, but they still progressed through the lower bracket. In round 3, 6695 was switched with 5025. Sadly, the Robot Dolphins lost in Round 4 against Alliance 4, but they were still able to win the Quality Award.

Los Angeles Regional (Mar. 16 - Mar. 19)

After the loss at the Orange County Regional, the Robot Dolphins were determined to perform better at the Los Angeles Regional. After the qualification matches, they ranked 5th with an average ranking score of 2.4. They were then picked by 687, the first alliance captain, and also played with 702 and 6833. After the first match, 702 was replaced with 6833, but the alliance made it into the finals undefeated. Their opponents were the second alliance. The Robot Dolphins lost in the first finals match, but were able to win in the next two matches securing their win. They were crowned Regional Winners and had gained a spot in the finals.

Arizona West Regional (Mar. 22 - Mar. 25)

After winning the Los Angeles Regional, the Robot Dolphins were determined to keep performing at their best. After the qualification matches, they were ranked 1 with a ranking score of 3. After much consideration, the Robot Dolphins decided to pick 498 and 1165 as their alliance partners. They went into the playoffs undefeated and won the first two matches in the finals against Alliance 2. Throughout this event, the Robot Dolphins only lost one match in total. In addition to being regional winners, they also won the autonomous award here.

Houston World Championship (Apr. 19 - Apr. 22)

The Robot Dolphins were confident after winning back to back at the Los Angeles and Arizona West Regionals. In the Houston World Championship, they were placed in the Galileo division. Unfortunately, they were ranked 24th after the qualification matches with a ranking score of 2.8 due to a difficult match schedule. They were not picked by any alliance captains. Even though they didn’t make it to the playoffs in their division, they were still proud of their performance this season after winning two regionals and vowed to improve for the offseason competitions.