Project: Build a robot
Product used: Energy Chain cable carrier, DryLin S aluminum shafting

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The team from Benedictine High School in Richmond, Va. recently participated in the FIRST Robotics Competition. The game included challenges for young engineers to build a robot that could handle the manipulation of 40-inch track balls on an enclosed course.

Adria Hogan, a mentor for the team, and her students, used products donated by igus ® to create a robot that could pick up the track balls and hurdle them over the overpasses. The team used Energy Chain ® cable carriers as a “flexible conduit” for the electrical wires on its robot. They also employed DryLin ® S aluminum shafting for its low-friction quality, which helped keep energy waste to a minimum.