Robonauts' 2025 Everybot

The Robonauts’ Everybot is an affordable, competitive, and elegant robot that can be built using basic tools and items found in the Kit of Parts, common FRC suppliers, or your local hardware store. The 2025 Everybot utilizes a majority of the KitBot components to offer a clear and simple upgrade path. The mechanisms can be built and installed independently and can also be incorporated into different robot designs. The 2025 Everybot costs around 1400 U.S. dollars when built from the KitBot parts and Rookie Kit of Parts and weighs approximately 79lbs without bumpers when complete.

The 2025 Everybot is able to do coral into the L1 trough of the REEF, ALGAE into the PROCESSOR and climb on the DEEP CAGE.

Deep Climber

The Everybot Deep Climb mechanism consists of four critical components in the form of the post, the barb, the wall and the winch.

The tube attached to the barb is passively sprung up such that it will want to be roughly parallel to the post when the winch is loose.

The barb is connected to the winch via a ratchet strap which is pulled in by the winch. As the winch gives the barb slack, the barb will go towards the upright position and when the winch is wound, it will pull the barb down towards the winch.

The post has two bolts wrapped in surgical tubing that stick out towards the outside of the robot. We want the cage’s bottom to be underneath these bolts when climbing. When catching the cage under these bolts, we also want to pierce the cage with the barb during this time.

The barb is designed to enter the cage with little resistance, then expand such that it has trouble exiting the cage and then allow the robot to climb by pulling down on two bars via the groves on the end of the fingers. In our experience once the barb has pierced the cage, the robot cannot let go without human intervention.

With the barb piercing the cage and caught under the bolts, the winch is pulled in until the robot is climbed. If you add any of the other mechanisms to the Everybot you will also need the cage hardstop. The cage hardstop prevents being pulled far enough into the robot such that you will risk touching the chain of the anchor to the Everybot’s superstructure.

Algae Arm

The Algae Arm uses KitBot plates to hold the shaft for the arm and house the motors that bring the arm up/down and power the intake roller. The Algae Arm and structure supporting it is almost entirely made of parts from the KitBot.

The Algae arm has a hard stop at the top in the form of two 3D printed parts and a rope for the bottom stop.

The Algae is taken over the bumpers with the rollers and contained within the robot, there are crossmembers that prevent the ball from entering further than desired. The arm is best stowed when controlling Algae.

In the stowed position, the Algae is at a great height to score it into the PROCESSOR.

Coral Basket

The Coral Basket requires the Algae Arm in order to function. The coral is obtained from the Coral Station. Once the coral is obtained, it can be ferried to the L1 trough and scored using the Algae Arm roller.