Game Overview
Aerial Assist is the 2014 FIRST Robotics Competition game. Alliances of three robots each pass a 2′ diameter exercise ball into the scoring areas located on the far each of the field. More information can be found on Wikipedia or you can watch the game animation.
Competitions
This year we attended the Greater Kansas City Regional where we finished as a quarter finalist, the Minnesota North Star Regional where we won the Engineering Inspiration Award which qualified us for the FIRST Robotics Championship – Newton Division where we ended up as a Semifinalist. We also attended the Cow Town ThrowDown Offseason Event where we ended as a quarterfinalist.
Chairman’s
Read our complete chairman’s submission or executive summary.
The Team
Students
Jeremy G, Dagney P, Conor A, Tifany C, Matt D, Kyle G, Woo Young J, Zhi L, Logan P, Binaya S, Bekah S, Rachael S, Timothy S, Takeshi S, Luke V, Evan W
Sponsors
We would like to thank our sponsors who sponsored us during the season for their contribution to the team.
Diamond: Danfoss | John Deere
Platinum: CIT Signature Transportation | Quality Manufacturing Corporation
Gold: City of Ames Electric Services | SolidWorks | Story County 4-H Foundation
Silver: Kemin | Emerson
Bronze: GitHub | TSI
Honorable Mention: Ames Cars | Frontline Bioenergy | Jacob Pleasants | Anonymous
Partners: Iowa State University Extension/Story County 4-H | ISU Robotics Club | Iowa State University Boyd Lab