Team 5687 The Outliers competed in the 2025 FIRST Robotics Competition: “REEFSCAPE”!, presented by Haas.

About Mattie

Swerves

Our fixed speed swerves are entirely custom designed and made. They use Kraken x44 and x60’s. They allow us to have full control over the gear ratios and how they fit in the robot chassis. They also help save us weight which is very important because that is weight we can use in a different place. We custom make a majority of each swerve module, in which a lot of it is 3D printed. For example, we 3D print our wheel tread out of TPU, which allows us to get the peak amount of friction with the carpet. By custom making so many parts, it allows us to fine tune each part specifically.

Intakes

Our ground intake can feed directly into the coral intake, which helps reduce time spent on intake. Our coral intake is special because it can receive coral from both our funnel and ground intake. We then have a sensor inside that makes sure we have one before we move. Our funnel and coral intake are on opposite sides, so we can intake and score without having to rotate the robot. Our algae intake is unique because it has a special clutch system that helps hold the algae in the robot while we drive, without the motor stalling when the algae is stationary.Our algae and coral systems together are a big part of what helps us do so well. We can pick up and score both game pieces everywhere on the field. Both are designed with the ability to drop in a spare intake assembly really easily. If one gets damaged, you can still use the other, but you can also use them in tandem.

Climber

Our climber is interesting because there is a sequence that happens where the ground intake, the funnel and the foot all move out of the way to let the climber deploy from the middle of the robot. The climber then goes inside the cage to lift the robot up.

Autonomous

In the first fifteen seconds of a match, robots are autonomously controlled with pre-programmed commands. To make the most of this period, Barry utilizes the speed of its shifting drivetrain to race other bots for the game pieces farther from the starting area. It is also capable of stealing notes from the center line, shooting them just barely out of other robots’ reach. Using its stereoscopic vision, Barry then chases down those notes and scores them automatically if time allows. These combined strategies allow us to gain an early leg-up on the opposing alliance.

Vision

Our robot uses two different systems of vision, which are a stereoscopic camera mounted high up and a suite of monocular cameras around the robot. The stereoscopic camera uses two individual cameras, allowing depth perception. Combined with a machine learning algorithm, this lets us detect game pieces. The suite of cameras can view the AprilTags located on the field, which informs it of the robot’s position on the field, known as localization. When we use these systems together, we can perform some actions like picking up pieces automatically, which saves drivers precious time.

2025 event results

Overall

Team 5687 was 52-16-0 in official play and 53-20-0 overall in 2025.

As a member of the New England district, Team 5687 ranked #13 having earned 257 points.

Week 0

Team 5687 was Rank 17 with a record of 1-4-0

NE District Southern Maine

Team 5687 was Rank 14 with a record of 9-7-0 and won the following awards:

  • Innovation in Control Award sponsored by nVent

NE District Pine Tree Event

Team 5687 was Rank 3 with a record of 15-3-0 and won the following awards:

  • District Event Winner

  • Autonomous Award

NE District UVM

Team 5687 was Rank 1 with a record of 16-1-0 and won the following awards:

  • District Event Winner

  • Autonomous Award

New England FIRST District Championship - Ballard Division presented by Altair

Team 5687 was Rank 3 with a record of 12-5-0

They competed in the playoffs as the Captain of Alliance 3 and were eliminated in the Double Elimination Bracket (Round 5).