2023 FRC Season: Charged Up

The Challenge: Charged Up



Charged Up In Charged Up, two competing alliances are invited to process cubes and cones to bring energy to their community. Each alliance brings energy to their community by retrieving their game pieces from substations and scoring it into the grid. Human players provide the game pieces to the robots from the substations. In the final moments of each match, alliance robots race to dock or engage with their charge station. More information can be found on Wikipedia.

Our Robot


2017 Robot

Robot Specs


  • Name: Zapdos
  • Weight: 125 lbs
  • Size: 28.5" W x 28.5" L x 0.0" H
  • MK4i swerve modules with a L2 gear ratio, battery placed towards the back of the robot to offset weight in the front
  • Robot width roller with 4” mecanum wheels and compliant wheels in the middle
  • Two-stage continuous elevator powered by two NEOs reaches speeds up to 100 inches/second
  • Lightweight gripper capable of a 10” extension to be able to reach all the nodes and human player stations

Competition History


  • CHS District Greater DC Event 1 Rank 9, Pick 1 of Alliance 1, Won Finals
  • CHS District Greater DC Event 2 Rank 13, Pick 1 of Alliance 2, Eliminated in Semifinals
  • FIRST Chesapeake District Championship Rank 23, Pick 1 of Alliance 5, Eliminated in Semifinals
  • World Championships Newton Division Rank 11, Pick 2 of Alliance 2, Eliminated in Semifinals