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Danny Diaz
17-02-2014, 13:38
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MattC9
17-02-2014, 13:40
Looks great Danny!! It shares an eerie resemblance to a certain '08 robot from up north, but I'm sure you get that a lot. Now does the whole purple assembly pivot?
Racer26
17-02-2014, 15:13
You know, it's funny.

I watched kickoff, and my immediate reaction was that we're going to see a TON of Simbot SS clones, and as the weeks of build season progressed, it seemed like the majority ran away from that idea, and this is the first one vaguely reminiscent I've seen as a finished product.
Bertman
17-02-2014, 16:41
The arm pivots using a lead screw which moves a slide on a lineal bearing which in turn move the connecting rods.


Looks great Danny!! It shares an eerie resemblance to a certain '08 robot from up north, but I'm sure you get that a lot. Now does the whole purple assembly pivot?
Kris Verdeyen
17-02-2014, 17:35
Looks great guys! Got a video we can watch?
Bertman
17-02-2014, 18:56
soon
Danny Diaz
17-02-2014, 23:45
I watched kickoff, and my immediate reaction was that we're going to see a TON of Simbot SS clones, and as the weeks of build season progressed, it seemed like the majority ran away from that idea, and this is the first one vaguely reminiscent I've seen as a finished product.

We evaluated several different designs, they all had their pro's and con's. We looked at designs similar to the Ri3D designs, BuildBlitz, and others - in the end, this design met our goals. Of course we did several aspects differently to meet our design constraints and the differing requirements this year, but overall this robot has exceeded our expectations. We couldn't be happier.

-Danny
cadandcookies
18-02-2014, 00:01
You know, it's funny.

I watched kickoff, and my immediate reaction was that we're going to see a TON of Simbot SS clones, and as the weeks of build season progressed, it seemed like the majority ran away from that idea, and this is the first one vaguely reminiscent I've seen as a finished product.

I think that it's because teams quickly complicated the designs by wanting to add variable angles. realizing that they needed to adapt the geometry, and just generally shrinking the design with larger/more unwieldy electronics. "Improving" an SS-esque design was probably significantly harder than many teams originally thought it would be.
Danny Diaz
18-02-2014, 00:09
Looks great guys! Got a video we can watch?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjEIR6IggrY&feature=youtu.be
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUFI1OFjdsM

Not the "best", but gives you a taste.

-Danny
Danny Diaz
18-02-2014, 17:56
"Improving" an SS-esque design was probably significantly harder than many teams originally thought it would be.

I'll certainly drink to that.

-Danny
cadandcookies
21-02-2014, 00:02
I'll certainly drink to that.

-Danny

Yeah, not daying we have first hand experience with this too, but...