Lynbrook RoboticsFIRST Robotics Team #846

Rough draft of possible new robot cart:

Inventor Designs Gallery

Over the summer, team members volunteered at Calder Academy to help students in a robotics course.

Here’s a video of the vex projects completed:



Robots in the video (order of appearance):
1. Small Arm Bot
2. “Batmobile”
3. Big Arm Bot (several modifications were made throughout the video)
-Tank tread drive train
-Arm lifts up/down and rotates
-Claw uses a worm gear to provide a strong grip
-Automated balancing system: A counterweight on the opposite end of the arm will shift in and out to counterbalance extra weight being lifted. Uses limit sensors to detect the lean of the arm.

Mr. Calder brought the team to visit a team working an autonomous car for the DARPA Challenge.

The electric SUV with lasers added on top:


The electronics in the trunk of the car, including a quad-core PC:


Camera video on the front screen:

A video of the autonomous steering:

A video of a simple autonomous routine using vex robotics. The task is similar to the Rack n’ Roll game except there’s a box instead of a rack.