XPLORE 11019 / JOURNAL

Team
journal.

Season stories, community work and detailed engineering notes from the X.PLORE archive.

THE XPLORE JOURNAL

Team stories & technical articles.

12 stories and engineering notes

Team 11019 robot at the field boundary; team 359 is visible behind it

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Season2 min

An undefeated regional.

17 matches. 17 wins. The 2026 Hawaii Regional, with alliance partners 359 and 9715.

22 March 2026

Team 11019 on the competition field with other teams

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Season2 min

Shanghai. Honolulu. Houston.

Three official events and four awards in X.PLORE’s first FRC season.

2026 season

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Community2 min

Engineering meets shadow puppetry.

A connection between digital fabrication and a local craft in Songjiang, Shanghai.

27 April 2026 · In the press

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Engineering2 min

Robot systems

How the drivetrain, intake, hopper, feeder and shooter work together.

Technical manual · March 2026

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Engineering2 min

Swerve drive

Each wheel controls its speed and steering angle. The robot can move sideways, turn, or combine both movements.

Technical manual · p. 7

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Engineering2 min

Intake and feeding

Rollers collect FUEL from the floor. The hopper stores it, and the feeder delivers it to the shooter.

Technical manual · pp. 8–10

Turret and shooter assembly from the supplied CAD

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Engineering2 min

Turret and shooter

The turret controls aiming direction, the hood controls launch angle, and the flywheels control ball speed.

Technical manual · p. 11

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Engineering2 min

Shot calculation

VISTAeroSpin-5D uses detailed offline simulations to produce a smaller calculation that can run on the robot.

Technical manual · pp. 12–14

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Engineering2 min

Shooting while moving

The robot’s movement changes the ball’s launch velocity. The aiming calculation accounts for that added motion.

Technical manual · pp. 13–15

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Engineering2 min

Camera latency correction

Camera images arrive after capture. The system corrects the earlier position estimate, then updates it using the robot’s recorded movement.

Technical manual · pp. 16–18

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Engineering2 min

Autonomous control

Follow a planned route while coordinating intake, feeding and shooting.

Technical manual · p. 19

Wireframe rendering of the complete supplied robot

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Engineering2 min

Interactive CAD model

Inspect the complete robot or an individual assembly. Rotate the model to see how the parts fit together.

September 2026 · CAD revision

Teamjournal.

Team stories & technical articles.

An undefeated regional.

Shanghai. Honolulu. Houston.

Engineering meets shadow puppetry.

Robot systems

Swerve drive

Intake and feeding

Turret and shooter

Shot calculation

Shooting while moving

Camera latency correction

Autonomous control

Interactive CAD model

Team
journal.