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2026, Rebuilt
Cleobotra
Somewhere between digging up ancient history and trying to build a robot for the future, we figured there was really only one name for our 2026 REBUILT robot. Cleopatra was one of history’s most famous rulers, and Cleobotra was a clever enough pun, so naturally we had to continue the celebrity-naming tradition. Cleobotra was a first for our team in a lot of ways: our first robot to leverage computer vision for target tracking, our first to use powder-coated aluminum, and a robot where software played a huge role in making it easy to drive. Although this season's game constraints limited mechanical creativity, our software innovations took a huge step- Cleobotra was a compact, stubborn little robot with a sturdy chassis that was surprisingly good at playing defense. She could shoot, pass, and collect while using integrated software to track targets and handle the finer details, and when it mattered most, Cleobotra helped bring home a state championship.
Drivetrain: Swerve X2i, re-used and adapted from 2025
Mechanism: Auto-tracking turret, belt indexer, roller intake, hooded shooter
Notable Additions: Orange-Pi vision, powder-coated aluminum, automatic tracking turret, driver-focused control abstraction
Steve Swervin'
Picture this. It's 2025. Water game. You and your friends are trying to come up with a name for your robot. You go home and fall asleep, and in your dreams you see a figure. A tall, tan, blonde man in khaki workwear, murmuring "Name him after me...", then vanishing. You wake up in a cold sweat and frantically message the discord. "We must name the robot.....Steve Irwin." Eventually your team settles on that name with a robotic spin, and thus...Steve Swervin' is born.
Drivetrain: Swerve X2i
Mechanism: Two-stage elevator, pivoting coral intake
Notable Additions: Driver-aiding LEDs
2025, Reefscape
2024, Cresendo
Frank Sinbotra
Our all new 2024 Crescendo competition bot, following our beloved celebrity-robot pun naming scheme! Traveling at over 20 ft/s, and shooting game pieces with wheels spinning quicker than 6000 rpms, Frank Sinbotra is our beloved robot for the 2024 season, following the design strategy previously seen in Tom Janks, "proudly simple".
Drivetrain: MaxSwerve (High-speed Pinions)
Mechanism: Shooter for Speaker, under the bumper intake, Amp Bar.
Notable Additions: Five piece auto, limelight auto-pickup, Slamper!
Zippy
Named such because it was 1) faster than the team's previous Tom Janks, and 2) held together primarily by zip ties. Zippy was built for Carrborobotics' members to brush up on their robot-building skills before being thrown into the 2024 season.
Drive Train: REV Swerve Drive
Mechanism: Cube-scoring, low-high
Notable additions: Zip ties (lots of them)
2023, Off-Season
2023, Charged Up
Tom Janks
Proudly christened 'Tom Janks' with flaming paint, Tom was Carrborobotics' first robot in 3 years. Proudly simple, Tom won our UNC Pembroke regional event.
Drive Train: Tank Drive
Mechanism: Cube-scoring, low-high
Notable additions: Modified tank drive for better grip on gamefield
2020, Infinite Recharge
2019, Destination: Deep Space
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