The Robonauts 118 - 2012 Video

[Justin Ridley]

The Robonauts mostly complete robot for this year's competition.

http://vimeo.com/37293255

Congrats to all the teams on getting through another challenging six weeks. Good luck and see you at competition.

[Tom Bottiglieri]

I knew someone would do it!

[nahstobor]

[Meredith Novak]

Beautiful robot. Wonderful video. Robonauts never disappoint. Congratulations!

[AdamHeard]

Originally Posted by Tom Bottiglieri

I knew someone would do it.

A lot of people were thinking it, but most feared it illegal. Very curious to see how this plays out.

Awesome robot though, I love the accuracy.

[Cory]

Originally Posted by AdamHeard

A lot of people were thinking it, but most feared it illegal. Very curious to see how this plays out.

Awesome robot though, I love the accuracy.

I am 100% convinced this should be legal and can(has) be done without meeting the colloquial definitions of grasp, grab, or grapple, but the GDC's inane refusal to be clear about what they intend to allow makes it very risky to travel down this path with confidence.

The rest of the robot is pretty sweet too. Will there be a Dukes of Hazzard horn for when you go over the bridge?

[BJC]

Awesome, I've been waiting for this sense week 3!

[Aren_Hill]

Originally Posted by Cory

VERY interested to see the robot side of the bridge while they are hanging.

I am 100% convinced this should be legal and can(has) be done without meeting the colloquial definitions of grasp, grab, or grapple, but the GDC's inane refusal to be clear about what they intend to allow makes it very risky to travel down this path with confidence.

In my mind this is exactly how grappling hooks work, I had thought of this and gave up on using it when I realized I couldn't hold ground in an argument that it was not "grasping grappling or attaching".

Instead I chose a completely legal by the rules route and had that flip on me....

easiest way to end this:

How do grappling hooks work? and how is this any different than that

[Akash Rastogi]

Needless to say, great robot. I love your choice for the name, truly inspirational, and its got the looks to match. Bridge hanging is so boss, I would love to hear the engineering that went into the end game mechanism.

Aside from that- what was the video taken with? Looks like a gopro wide angle.

[rcmolloy]

Incredible. I have been mentioning to a few people these past two days that I really haven't been "wowed" yet and now I have. Congrats on a awesome robot guys and good luck next week at Alamo. By the way to help clarify, is that two points of contact on the bridge or only one?

[EugeneF]

Awesome design. Mad props to 118.

I too, am curious at how the ruling for grasp/grab/etc will pan out. I understand how FRC 179's robot isn't grasping the field because the robot's CG is directly over or under the C that touches the bridge, which means the robot is only reacting on one face of the bridge.

118's cantilevered hang means that the robot must be reacting on two faces of the bridge. I guess we'll have to see how the ruling goes...

[wireties]

Awesome design - the robotnauts never disappoint! I have doubts about your optional end-game tease (did I see what I thought I saw?) but it seems done in such a way that the bot excels using traditional strategies - the only risk was the design effort and a little weight. Elegant.

[Ankit S.]

Awesome. Incredible. Mindblowing.

I've been waiting for this video all build season .

That's a very novel bridge balancing idea, and I'm sure its legal, especially since we've already seen a similar method that is legal.

[waialua359]

I dont know what's more impressive every year.

Whoever made the video or the robot.

[Gray Adams]

That robot looks great, but I do have my doubts about the bridge balancing. If this doesn't count as grabbing, grasping, or grappling, what does? The GDC didn't specify not being allowed to do those things for no reason.

But wow. And now I'm wondering what "mostly complete" refers to.