The Robot: Pigxel
Pigxel is Exploding Bacon’s 13th robot, built to play the 2018 FIRST Robotics Competition Game “POWER UP”. Built to specialize at scoring in the switch and exchange, Pigxel is a low-to-the-ground, high-speed cube scorer. With a 24 feet-per-second high gear, Pigxel can race across the field and assault the opponent’s switch, or alternatively leverage its rotating arm to quickly and efficiently fill the Exchange. This season Pigxel competed at the Orlando Regional where was 5th seed Alliance Captain Semifinalist, the South Florida Regional as a Semifinalist, and the Hopper Division at the FIRST Championship in Houston as a Quarterfinalist.
Facts
Name Pigxel
Status Finished Competing
Size 27.5″ x 32.5″ x 42″
Weight 119 lbs
Competition and Results
Orlando Regional Rank 5, Semi-finalist Captain, Chairman’s Award
South Florida Regional Semi-finalist, Entrepreneurship Award
FIRST Championship Houston Quarter-finalist, Gracious Professionalism Award
Robot Abilities
- 180° rotating arm
- Vertical Power Cube Intake
- 3 Power Cube Autonomous
