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The Memorial High School Robotic Team

In 2002 ARC Specialties was contacted by SME (Society of Manufacturing Engineers) to assist Memorial High School with their rookie year of USFirst competition. The students came up with a welded aluminum tube design, which meant they first had to learn to TIG weld. They choose a 4-wheel drive system with a triple reduction chain drive to produce enough force to move the 180 pound goals used in the 2002 game. An industrial strength pneumatic gripper aka “The Jaws of Death” was designed and built to grab the goal. To score points for the position of the goal and the position of the robot, a scissors type arm aka “Child Gate From Hell” was built to reach out and touch the scoring area 18 feet away from the robot. Below are photos of the students building the robot at ARC Specialties and competing at the Houston Regional event.

Clayton Using the Band Saw