In the first round of the head to head competition, the robot began the run by successfully toggling the car jack and picking up the wrench. The robot then successfully dropped off the wrench as the angle that was adjusted after the second run of round robin allowed the robot to square up to the garage and drop off the wrench. Next, the robot turned the wheel successfully, and it traveled down the ramp. As it went down the ramp, it almost the side wall. However, it narrowly avoided this wall, successfully hit the blue button, and the finishing the run by hitting the blue button. The robot achieved a perfect score and accomplished the course in 35 seconds. The detailed scoring for this run is shown below.
This run went very well as it was the first perfect run the robot had achieved in an official competition. However, the one issue the robot had was it almost hit the wall when traveling down the ramp. This inconsistency was due to the fact that the robot exited the wheel at a slightly different angle every time. This was because the wheel turning mechanism would adjust it position to turn the wheel occasionally altering its angle. This mechanism’s ability to adjust itself had benefited the robot as well, so the team didn’t want to change this. There was debate about whether to change the amount the robot should travel forward prior to turning and traveling down the ramp. The team decided not to change this value because there was no time to test this change, and this change could have unintended consequences that could affect the run. This is a decision that the team would later regret.
This is a video of the robot’s successful run: