Everybot

118, the Robonauts, is an FRC robotics team founded as a partnership between Clear Creek Independent School District and NASA JSC in 1997. For the past 22 years, 118 has been devoted to excelling both in competition and outside of robotics. They have attended the World Championship every year, were the World Champions with their robot, Empire, in 2015, and continue to set an example for the FRC community with every robot they build. Off the field, they are trying to grow the Robonauts family by mentoring robotics teams, helping out other teams at competitions, and most importantly, continuing the Everybot initiative each year since 2014.

The Robonauts Everybot is a robot built to be an affordable model for teams who are just starting out in FIRST Robotics Competition or are looking for a way to build an elite machine at a low cost. Everybot is built with the kit of parts, about $1000 worth of materials purchased from local hardware stores, and FRC retailers such as Andymark and VEXPro. It is machined with basic tools and machinery. Starting in the 2018 season, we revamped Everybot by building it as a Robots Done Quick project, allowing teams to see the design, CAD, and code early on in the FRC season.

For more information about the Robonauts and Everybot go to ccisdrobonauts.org.


2020: Infinite Recharge

In our analysis of Infinite Recharge, we’ve found that a short list of robot capabilities will define a robot capable of playing in a district finals match or having a place on an alliance at a championship. We stuck to the most valuable and basic scoring tasks.

The 2020 Robonauts Everybot Robot Will:

  • Feed a partner its preloads during autonomous
  • Leave the Initiation Line during autonomous
  • Drive over the Boundaries
  • Drive through the Trench
  • Pick up and hold 5 power cells
  • Score power cells in the bottom port
  • Play defense
  • Hang from the Generator Switch

Next weekend, a short video, CAD, bill of materials, software, and documentation of how we built Everybot will be posted here and on our website. We also hope to post match videos of Everybot playing alongside other robots built for Infinite Recharge.


2019: Destination Deep Space

The Robonauts' Everybot, with a final budget of $1000, is an affordable, robust, and simplistic robot that can be built with nothing but basic tools and items found in either the kit of parts, purchased from your local hardware store, or FRC retailer such as Andymark and VEXPro.

In our analysis of FIRST Destination: Deep Space we’ve found that a short list of robot capabilities will define a robot capable of playing in a regional finals match or have a place on an alliance at a championship. We stuck to the most valuable and basic scoring tasks.

Chief Delphi Thread

Everybot Reveal Video

Bill of Materials

Material Cut List

Technical Documentation

Everybot came out to around $400 plus the items that are in the 2019 Kit of Parts.

Everybot runs off of the Robonauts PAC-Bot code. PAC-Bot code is modular code designed to support our PAC-Bot prototyping chassis. The PAC-Bot code is posted on our website in the Resources section under Robots->2018. Included with the code is the Robonauts PAC-Bot user's guide with documentation on how to get the software on your robot running, as well as adding additional capabilities to your robot's software.

PAC-Bot Code - Updated 2019

PAC-Bot Code User's Guide -- Updated 2019


The 2019 Robonauts Everybot

2018: FIRST Power Up

In our analysis of FIRST Power Up, we’ve found that a short list of robot capabilities will define a robot capable of playing in a regional finals match or have a place on an alliance at a championship. We stuck to the most valuable and basic scoring tasks. This list can be found in the "technical documentation" linked below the reveal video.

Everybot Reveal Video

The Robonauts are proud to present the technical documentation on Everybot that includes a guide on how we built Everybot along with some robot photos for teams to reference.

The Robonauts Everybot.pdf

Here is the link to the CAD of Everybot. We strived to make it as complete as possible.

Everybot came out to around $750 plus the items that are in the 2018 kit of parts.

Everybot runs off of the Robonauts PACBot code. PACBot code is modular code designed to support our PACBot prototyping chassis for Team 118: The Robonauts.