Team 5818 competed in the 2020 Infinite Recharge and 2021 Game Changers competitions with Cheese Wrangler. It is the team’s most advanced robot yet, in both hardware and software. Unfortunately, due to the global pandemic this season was cut short and Cheese Wrangler was unable to compete at its scheduled regionals. Riviera Robotics hopes to return to Houston in 2022.

Features

• Custom Quintic Hermite and Catmull-Rom Spline trajectory generation with Adaptive Pure Pursuit Controller

• Rocker-arm drive suspension

• Automatic hybrid aiming and shooting

• Automated power cell collection, storage,

  and retrieval through “cheese wheel”

• Turreted shooter with 210° of azimuth and 50° of altitude control

• Unique tentacle collection system

• Rack-and-pinion climb with backdrive protection

Competition History

2020 Los Angeles North Regional - Rank 24/42

• Creativity Award

2020 Ventura Regional - Event Cancelled

2020 Aerospace Valley Regional - Event Cancelled

2021 Tidal Tumble - Rank 5/20 (10-7-0)

• 4th Alliance Captain (5818/5199/2584)

• Event Semi-Finalist

2021 Beach Blitz - Rank 9/36 (6-6-0)

• 8th Alliance Captain (5818/1138/6560)

Team 5818 competed in the 2019 Destination: Deep Space competition with Sherman Crab. This robot follows the tradition of Floptimus Prime and uses a tentacle cargo collection system (the “flail of doom”) paired with an auto-centering hatch panel mechanism, emphasizing simplicity in design and reparability. The team won two offseason events, Beach Blitz and Wings Over Camarillo, being rank 1 and 2 respectively. In official competition play, the team was ranked highly and was defeated by narrow margins. Our end of season ELO ranking was 204/3760 (top 5.4%).

Features

• Auto-centering hatch panel mechanism

• Tentacle cargo collection with directional intelligence

• JeVois vision assisted sandstorm

• Multiplex/hybrid gearboxes

• Robot-wide subsystem logging and diagnostics

• Automated sequential scissor lift climb with pneumatic assist

Competition History

2019 Los Angeles North Regional - Rank 5/36 (10-5-0)

• 1st Pick of 1st Alliance (6560/5818/2429)

• Regional Quarter-Finalist (eliminated on
  tiebreaker match by 3 pts.)

2019 Ventura Regional - Rank 8/42 (11-7-0)

• 1st Pick of 3rd Alliance (599/5818/5678)

• Regional Semi-Finalist (eliminated on tiebreaker match by 2 pts.)

• Excellence in Engineering Award

2019 Wings Over Camarillo - Rank 2/21 (15-3-0)

• 1st Pick of 1st Alliance (4414/5818/6821)

• Event Winner

2019 Chezy Champs - Rank 17/41 (8-7-0)

• 2nd Pick of 6th Alliance (4414/846/5818)

• Event Semi-Finalist

2019 Beach Blitz - Rank 1/36 (14-3-0)

• 1st Alliance Captain (5818/3476/6072)

• Event Winner

Team 5818 competed in the 2018 FIRST: Power Up competition with Floptimus Prime, named because of the “floppies” used to collect power cubes. Floptimus Prime is Riviera Robotics’ most successful robot, racking up a regional win at Ventura, a finalist at Los Angeles, and ending up rank 84/3659 (top 2.3%) in the world.

Features

• “Floppy” power cube collection

• Articulatable arm with power cube manipulation capabilities

• Six-CIM motor west coast drivetrain

• 2-cube vision assisted autonomous routine

Competition History

2018 Los Angeles Regional - Rank 4/54 (7-2-0)

• Captain of 3rd Alliance (5818/968/980)

• Regional Finalist

• Wildcard (champs qualifier)

2018 Ventura Regional - Rank 7/42 (10-2-0)

• 1st Pick of 2nd Alliance (3512/5818/5515)

• Regional Winner

• Industrial Design Award

2018 Houston Championships – Turing Division - Rank 9/67 (7-3-0)

• Captain of 7th Alliance (5818/4561/2630/(4941))

• Divisional Quarter Finalist

2018 Chezy Champs - Rank 33/42 (4-6-0)

Team 5818 competed in the 2017 Steamworks competition with Rogue Cephalopod. This robot features a turreted collection mechanism with assisted gear placement and a low center of gravity for tip prevention. This robot was also the first (worldwide) to achieve a two gear autonomous routine.

Features

• First ever two gear autonomous

• Turreted collection and placement

• Mechanically assisted gear placement

• Flat design, low center of gravity

Competition History

2017 San Diego Regional - Rank 12/66 (5-5-0)

• 2nd Pick of 7th Alliance (3473/3328/5818)

• Regional Quarter-Finalist

• Excellence in Engineering Award

• Achieved First Competition 2-Gear Autonomous (worldwide)

2017 Ventura Regional - Rank 19/42 (10-9-0)

• 1st Pick of 1st Alliance (3512/5818/5136)

• Regional Finalist (in tiebreaker)

• Excellence in Engineering Award

• Wildcard (champs qualifier)

2017 Houston Championships – Hopper Division - Rank 13/67 (8-5-1)

• 1st Pick of 8th Alliance (3835/5818/2910/(2230))

• Beat 1st Alliance in Quarter-Finals

• Divisional Semi-Finalist  (ranked top 5% worldwide)

• Received "Coolest Gear-er" award from 4488 Shockwave

2017 Chezy Champs - Rank 20/40 (5-7-0)

• 1st Pick of 4th Alliance (5499/5818/846/841)

• Event Quarter-Finalist

Team 5818 competed in the 2016 Stronghold competition with Aggressive Bubbles. As Riviera Robotics’ first robot, this defined our build strategy and is a direct continuation of 1717 methods. This robot sports a drivetrain with large diameter pneumatic wheels to easily traverse the field. Aggressive Bubbles also competed at the furthest away regional Riviera Robotics has ever attended, in Idaho!

Features

• Large diameter pneumatic wheels

• Full climb and ball manipulation capabilities

• Robust, sturdy, serviceable design

Competition History

2016 Ventura Regional - Rank 28/42 (9-9-0)

• 1st Pick of 3rd Alliance (5802-5818-1160)

• Regional Finalist

2016 Idaho Regional - Rank 3/30 (11-6-0)

• Captain of 3rd Alliance (5818-701-3243)

• Regional Semi-Finalist

• Rookie All-star Award (champs qualifier)

2016 St. Louis Championships – Newton Division - Rank 41/75 (6-4-0)

• (ranked top 20% worldwide in rookie year)