WM Robotics
Team 7530
Our Robot
2024-25 Season
Dive into the Game
Each January, the FIRST Robotics Competition challenge is announced. We do not get any blueprints for how to build our robot. Once the challenge is announced, our team immediately begins to discuss strategy and gets to work designing our robot to execute the challenge. We use CAD to design and build our robot. Most of the parts for our robot are made by our team in our robotics room at Watertown-Mayer High School, using 3D printers, a CNC router, & various hand and power tools.
2024-25 FIRST Competition Challenge
In REEFSCAPE presented by Haas, FIRST Robotics Competition teams will use their engineering skills to strengthen one of the ocean’s most diverse habitats. Watch the game animation to see how you can make waves.
Our Robot Build
Images of this year's robot.
Key Features of Our Robot
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Swerve drive on chassis – facilitates intuitive, rapid robot movement.
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Agility – a true 2-d drive train in which drive direction may be divorced from chassis orientation.
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Traction – high traction wheels may be employed without negative consequence; force may be vectored in any desired direction.
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Low robot center of gravity, which makes robot stable during motion and collision events.
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Re-positional coral manipulator (intake and output), controlled from human operator controls.
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Multiple launch wheels, thus giving better control of coral intake and output.
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Cage grabbing and climbing mechanism.
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On-board cameras, to supply visual feedback to the human operators, and to view AprilTags, visual markers designed for quick and accurate detection by our computer vision system.
Regional Competition #1
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Great Northern Regional in Grand Forks, ND (March 12-15, 2025)
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Finalist - Winner
Regional Competition #2
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Granite City Regional in St. Cloud, MN (April 2-5, 2025)
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Finalist - Runner-up
