Engineering Project

OUTATIDE (2025 FRC Robot)

Custom robot mechanisms for vacuum game-piece pickup, coral scoring, and lifting the roughly 135-pound robot onto the cage.

OUTATIDE project cover photo
OUTATIDE project cover image.
01 / PROJECT OVERVIEW

About OUTATIDE

I designed a custom, continuously rigged three-stage elevator with a vacuum end effector for picking up game pieces. A turret mechanism worked with the elevator to deposit coral.

OUTATIDE elevator and vacuum mechanism in use
Elevator and vacuum system in use.
02 / CLIMBER

A custom cage climber

I also built a fully custom climber. Two manually milled plates house a pair of NEO v1.1 motors, which drive a linear screw mechanism. The screw extends a spring-actuated climber that grabs the inside of the cage and lifts the roughly 135-pound robot.

OUTATIDE partway through a cage climb
OUTATIDE partway through a climb.
03 / IN COMPETITION

Practice match

OUTATIDE during a practice match.
04 / PROJECT GALLERY

Design & Build

Additional mechanism, fabrication, and competition photos.

OUTATIDE vacuum assembly installed on the robot
Vacuum assembly installed on the robot.
OUTATIDE vacuum CAD design
Vacuum system CAD.
OUTATIDE at a competition
Competition photo.
OUTATIDE competing
Project in competition.
OUTATIDE at a competition
Competition photo.
OUTATIDE climbing hook
Climbing hook.
CNC-routed bottom panels for OUTATIDE
CNC-routed bottom panels.
Manually milled OUTATIDE elevator pieces
Manually milled elevator pieces.
Manually milled bracket for OUTATIDE
Manually milled bracket.
Internal components of the OUTATIDE vacuum system
Vacuum system internals.