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GEARS3134G
Team 3134G GearShift

Meet GEARS.

Our competition robot for Override — engineered in Fusion, refined in the pit, rebuilt the night before every tournament. Scroll, and watch it turn.

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The machine

Three systems. One machine.

Every part earns its place inside the 15-inch box — what moves it, what grips, and what lifts it. Tap any system to watch it come apart.

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Drivetrain

Low, wide, speed-geared — the frame everything bolts to.

Explore 02

Claw

Grabs, holds, and lets go exactly when it's told to.

Explore 03

Cascade lift

Stages that stack inside the size limit and run out to full height.

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Drivetrain

Low, wide, relentless.

Geared for speed in the open field with the torque to push through contact. A low, wide stance keeps it flat through corners and hard to shove off a line — the frame everything above it bolts to.

Speed-gearedLow center of massContact-ready
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Claw

Grab it. Hold it. Place it.

A single motorized claw replaces the old roller intake. It closes on a game piece and keeps its grip while the lift climbs and the drivetrain takes contact, then releases right where it's aimed. Fewer moving parts, more control.

Motorized gripHolds under contactPrecise release
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Cascade lift

Stacked at the start. Full height at the goal.

A multi-stage cascade: each stage rides up the one below it, so the whole tower extends together from one drive. Stacked down, it fits inside the 15-inch box. Run out, it carries the claw straight up to the goal, keeping it level the whole way.

Multi-stageStraight-line travelSize-legal stacked
Back together

Ready for the field.

Drive, claw, and lift close back into one machine — the same bot that rolls out at our next event. High Stakes → Push Back → Override: third season, same standard.

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Seasons run
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Years of VEX, combined
The people

The crew behind the build.

Thirteen members across drive, build, code, CAD, scouting, and documentation — hover any card for the story.

The 3134G GearShift team together outside the shop
The whole crew.
For the judges

The record.

3134G GearShift competes in the V5RC out of Dublin, California — Region 2. The record as it stands; performance data is verifiable on RobotEvents.

Seasons
  • High Stakes 2024–25
  • Push Back 2025–26
  • Override 2026–27 · current
Program & region
  • VEX V5 Robotics Competition (V5RC)
  • California — Region 2
  • Based in Dublin, CA
  • Thirteen members across every discipline
Beyond our field
  • ACE RI3D & NorCal RI3D — robot-in-3-days builds, shared with the community
  • Experience from 5327R, 3303J and 3303X
  • Supported 3303X to the VEX AI World Championship — Build Award
Documentation
  • Engineering notebook across every design cycle
  • This site renders the live CAD assembly for GEARS
  • Match & skills data verifiable on RobotEvents
The language of the field

V5RC vocabulary.

WP
Win Points
The primary ranking metric in qualification matches — 2 for a win, 1 for a tie, 0 for a loss.
AP
Autonomous Points
Earned by winning the Autonomous Period; the first tiebreaker when scores are level.
SP
Strength of Schedule
A tiebreaker based on the performance of the opponents a team has faced.
SK
Skills
Combined Driver and Autonomous Coding Skills — the rankings that qualify teams for many championships.
AU
Autonomous Period
The opening phase where the robot runs entirely on pre-programmed code, no driver input.
DC
Driver Control
The phase where drivers operate the robot by controller after autonomous ends.
Dedicated to every late night in the shop, every rebuild the day before a tournament, and everyone who believed this machine onto the field.
— Team 3134G