What is the Skystone Challenge?
Objectives
In a traditional FTC match, there are two alliances with two teams on each alliance (total of four robots on the field). The object of the game is to attain a higher score than the opposing alliance by positioning the Foundation in the Building Site, delivering and building a tower of Skystones, navigating under the Skybridge, and Capping the tower. Many of the points scored in this game tend to be in the autonomous period.
What We Can Do
Autonomous
Period
In the Autonomous Period, we can grab a stone, place it on the foundation, and move the foundation into the build zone. We can also park under the Skybridge closest to the Neutral bridge. We can do this on either Alliance but must be centered in between the bridge and the depot, closest to the line of stones.
Driver Controlled Period
In the Driver Controlled Period, we can easily maneuver the robot around the field with our standard tile runner wheels. Our robot can pick up skystones with rollers and place them on the foundation with the robot’s rotating arm. We can get around 10+ points from this period.
End
Game
In the Endgame, we can move the foundation with rotating clips on the back of our robot. We can also deploy a capstone onto the foundation. Our robot can park in the building zone. We can score up to 27 points in Endgame.