The competition for the 2015 year was titled “RECYCLE RUSH”! The goal was to build a robot that would construct a stack of storage totes and recycling containers and move them onto a scoring platform.

CAD Model of Timmy - Our 2015 "Recycle Rush" Robot

CAD Model of Timmy - Our 2015 "Recycle Rush" Robot

Timmy during a match at a competition

Timmy during a match at a competition

Timmy was the Team's first robot who's sole purpose was to create four stacks from the human player station reliably. He was made very simplistically with only three CIM motors.

Event results

Overall, Team 5687 had an average qual score of 91.96 and an average playoff score of 113.80 in 2015. As a member of the New England district, Team 5687 ranked 18 having earned 174.0 points.