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SATURN is the robotics team of Mandarin High School, located in Jacksonville, Florida. SATURN consists of students in their freshman year all the way up to their senior year. This is only the second year Mandarin High has had a robotics team that competes with FTC. Previously, there was an underwater robotics club, but, surprisingly, it didn't attract much attention.
SATURN has had a season of surprises this year. We built almost an entire robot, named Tharrow (The Arrow), which utilized tape measurers to guide particles into the goals, but due to a rule change, we had to scrap all of our work. So, we changed our direction, and created The Roomba (AKA the Beaconator).
The Roomba works by propelling straws that suck up the particles and store them inside the robot. Then, we reverse the straws' direction, which shoots the particles out, hopefully scoring us points. Also, for autonomous mode, The Roomba has color sensors that, when near the beacons, can tell which alliance color the beacon is displaying, and can then decide whether or not to push the beacon button
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