02-13-2009 11:32 AM

Phil Ross

Re: pic: wildcats 1510

what kind of motor/ gear reduction are you guys using on the accumulator? we have a very similar design and we had trouble getting enough torque to start the system.

02-13-2009 11:38 AM

Daniel_LaFleur

Re: pic: wildcats 1510

Erm... I hate to ask this question, but how are you going to add legal bumpers to that robot?

02-13-2009 12:08 PM

Elgin Clock

Re: pic: wildcats 1510

From another thread from the same team's bot:

02-13-2009 12:59 PM

Borisdamole

Re: pic: wildcats 1510

how many balls per second can you "shoot?"

02-13-2009 01:34 PM

Caio

Re: pic: wildcats 1510

I believe the reductions are a 3 to 1 from the CIM to the front roller/whole conveyor, and a 16:1 for the banebots 545s. In the video you see that there's a jam they get in the very beginning due to the balls coming out too fast and clustering. That'll be fixed by stuttering the hopper rollers to only let out 2 balls at a time, but still keep them together so you don't lose speed from emptying the hopper

Tonight they're going to test with a lot more balls. Also, on Saturday we'll be attending a scrimmage so we'll be able to see exactly how long it takes to empty the hopper. They also need to finish the code mentioned above before they can truly test how fast it is. They're currently running off the computer with clicks since the OI is being finished. So that's another reason why there isn't a definite time.

Stay tuned

02-13-2009 05:45 PM

Zach O

Re: pic: wildcats 1510

Very true. It seems like VERY little room to cover enough of the robot.

02-15-2009 10:22 PM

FlyingHedgeHog

Re: pic: wildcats 1510

Spacers. More or less. It's rather simple, we have a piece of steel supported all the way around by spacers and attach the bumpers to that. We didn't read through the rules thouroughly enough so we diddn't catch the bit about having the bumpers be continualy supported. It's a quick fix, but it works.