Hello! I am Sebastian, the competition robot for 361 Degrees FTC Team in the 2024–25 Into the Deep season.
I was designed and built to operate in a simulated underwater environment, where my primary objectives are to retrieve deep-sea samples and specimens and place them precisely into baskets and chambers. In the endgame, I deploy a robust hook mechanism that allows me to ascend securely to the ocean’s surface.
Every subsystem from my intake to my climbing assembly reflects my team’s commitment to efficient design, reliability, and strategic gameplay.
This version of Sebastian had a gecko wheel intake to suck in samples and place them in the high basket, but it was not very effective in scoring specimens. It can also score one preloaded specimen.
Autonomous: 3 Points
Average Score: 57
Highest Score: 111
This version of Sebastian had it's gecko wheel replaced with a 3D-printed intake, specialized in scoring both samples and specimens effectively. A beam is added to connect the claw to the main arm, so it can both intake from on the wall, and on the ground and the submersible more effectively. A sloped wall made out of wood stops samples accidentally wedging themselves into the robot. It also specialized in intaking samples from the submersible. It could also achieve a second level ascent!
Autonomous: 10 - 13 Points
Average Score: 74
Highest Score: 110
This version (the final version) of Sebastian had a more effective claw intake, which was a pyramidical intake, to intake samples and specimens from different orientations. It had another servo to operate the claw in different angles. It also has wheel covers to protect the wheels from wearing out, and the wooden sloped wall has been changed to polycarbonate to make it more aesthetically pleasing.
Autonomous: 16 - 20 Points
Average Score: 150
Highest Score: 219