Project: Build a robot
Product used: DryLin S aluminum shafting, igubal rod end and flange bearings

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It was an all-star season a rookie team from Centennial High School. The team of about 15 came together to create a FIRST robot for play in this year’s “Overdrive” challenge.

With parts donated by igus ®, Centennial High was able to design a multi-functional robot to knock a track ball from its starting position. The robot then picks up the ball with a forklift mechanism and carries it around the course. However, instead of lifting the ball, as a standard forklift would, this robot leans back on an axis, in the way of a bulldozer blade.

The igubal® rod end bearings support one end of a DryLin ® aluminum shaft, while the other end is supported by a motor, which turned the shaft. Multiple igubal flange bearings were used to support an additional shaft in another module of the robot. Together the bearings and shafts worked flawlessly and provided a smooth functionality that would have been hard to achieve without the igus parts.

Centennial High School competed as part of an alliance in the semi-finals of the Minnesota Regional. They were honored with the Rookie All-Star Award and granted access to the national event in Atlanta, Ga.