03-08-2006 11:20 AM

Tim Delles

Re: pic: Team 177's Bobcat

Looks pretty sweet. Kinda glad your one of my FF picks.
So is the angle the ball comes out adjustable or are you a one spot shot?
Also what do you use to keep the balls from jamming up?

Looks great, hoping to get to see a video of this in action.

03-08-2006 11:21 AM

Tom Bottiglieri

Re: pic: Team 177's Bobcat

Beautiful. I hope we win UTC together.

03-08-2006 11:25 AM

Greg Marra

Re: pic: Team 177's Bobcat

You can check out video at our website.

The angle of the launcher is not adjustable, but the speed of the launch wheel is variable. We don't have the best resolution, but we determined it would be too difficult to adjust the launcher angle on the fly.

To keep the balls from jamming up we simply drop our harvester out and pull it back in (it's on linear bearings). The friction from the balls and the rolling of the harvester pops all the balls in the hopper up like a popcorn machine and dejams it. The hopper really shouldn't jam much, since it's designed for the balls to fall cleanly into the shooter or roll back out the front.

03-08-2006 11:45 AM

Peter Matteson

Re: pic: Team 177's Bobcat

Until you posted that picture I had no idea how difficult it was to tell what our robot looks like unless you see it in person.

Anyone want to guess the over/under on how many times people tried to reach through the lexan the day this pick was taken?

03-08-2006 12:14 PM

Elgin Clock

Re: pic: Team 177's Bobcat

One hundred and seventy seven times?

From the picture it's weird.. but it looks like you are way over the max size. Is this a starting configuration? I don't know.. maybe it's the lexan giving me weird views about what's the side, and what's not..

Anyways, good luck in Hartford. See you there on Saturday!

03-08-2006 12:51 PM

Alex Pelan

Re: pic: Team 177's Bobcat

This is out starting configuration, it's just the lexan playing tricks on your eyes.

EDIT: Schneidie is right, although I think that Elgin is referring to the far side of the bot.

03-08-2006 02:53 PM

Schneidie

Re: pic: Team 177's Bobcat

The rollers are inside the starting envelpoe when the pneumatics are pressurized. In this pic, they are extended slightly.

03-14-2006 05:54 PM

Eric Scheuing

Re: pic: Team 177's Bobcat

Actually, whe I saw the frame fully assembled, I was amazed that it fit inside the envelope as well.

03-26-2006 04:13 PM

Schneidie

Re: pic: Team 177's Bobcat

This is nothing like what we have now. It looks toatally differant.

03-26-2006 04:28 PM

sanddrag

Re: pic: Team 177's Bobcat

I like the small wheels. Very smart.