Spin-dexer
A spindexer is a precise rotating tool used to index objects and shoot them in an order that is useful to us. In this FTC season, there is an order of colored balls to be shot to score extra points. Therefore, we built a spindexer and programmed it to always shoot our balls in the Motif, or the pattern that they have to be shot in to score extra points. This combined with our Auto-aim turret makes our robot much more powerful.
Autonomous
As mentioned in the Teleop section, we used Pedro Pathing for efficiency and precision, which allows us to make precise curves in our Autonomous phase, which means the robot moves on its own. This enabled us to use the Pedro Pathing Visualizer for enhanced viewing of Autonomous paths.
Turret Auto-aim
This season, we worked on using Gyro sensors (IMUs and encoders) as well as April Tag detection using a generic camera to be able to automatically aim our turret at the goal. This means that an operator and driver's job is greatly reduced and they can focus on more important things, being rest assured that the aim will be taken care of.
