Team 610 2015 Release Video: Skyhawk

[Gorav Menon]

Team 610: The Coyotes proudly present our 2015 Recycle Rush Robot, Skyhawk!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JesaZVbLE28

[Luigi]

Looks great! I really love the extendable arms to grab the RCs in the middle! Also, as a little side note, great work as always on the neatness of the control board!

[Mike Marandola]

Fantastic video and robot as always

[Chris Endres]

Awesome robot! Where did you guys buy those constant force springs?

[Jaywalker1711]

Love the crossbow design, we had a similar idea

and that skyhawk logo is AMAZING

[eddie12390]

That's an amazingly high quality reveal video (and an equally amazing robot).

[Kellen Hill]

Awesome robot! Where did you guys buy those constant force springs?

I would assume that they are from Vulcan Spring. Each team can get 6 free springs if you visit their site: http://info.vulcanspring.com/first-robotics-competition

We have a couple on our robot this year.

[waialua359]

Yesterday, I saw a picture of the front of your robot with the name/logo Skyhawk on FB.
Once I saw that I knew.....
We had members unofficially call ours "Condor" for similar reasons.:)
Thank God we decided to put on cabled turnbuckles for bracing.

Great looking robot design, quality and craftsmanship.

See you in Hawaii.

[Paperclips]

Amazing reveal video (as always) and equally as great robot.
Looking forward to seeing it in competition!

[D_Price]

I absolutely love the extendable arms as this is a genius idea to maximize the score as you said. The more totes and cans = the more points

[Nathan Streeter]

#rollerclaw... seriously, love the 'universal' roller claw, especially because it looks like it'll be so rare this year.

[Hallry]

Awesome video and robot as always. What recording equipment/software did you use?

After watching the video a few times, I noticed that there aren't any shots of SkyHawk picking up more than one tote/recycling container. Is this just a coincidence or did you design it that way?

[NWChen]

Love the production, as always.

Curious - did the number labels on your PDP come orange, instead of the usual green?

[Edxu]

Awesome video and robot as always. What recording equipment/software did you use?

After watching the video a few times, I noticed that there aren't any shots of SkyHawk picking up more than one tote/recycling container. Is this just a coincidence or did you design it that way?

We're able to pick up ~4 totes and a bin at a time, but it gets a little sketchy if we have to place it on top of other stacks of totes. While testing, we found that doing cycles of 1 stack onto the Scoring Platform were more efficient, due to how cramped it is in between the STEP and the Platform.

[Briansmithtown]

I think i cried a single tear of joy. its... its so beautiful!

[Michael Corsetto]

Incredible video and solid machine, as always!

Well done 610!

-Mike

[Jacob Bendicksen]

Looks like a solid robot, and please buy your video crew several cookies. They've earned it.

[Sperkowsky]

Great bot and great video. Really. Liked the dramitc feel with the cinematic aspect ration. You guys must have some serious cameras. Looks to me like that was shot with a c100 a go pro and some l glass.

[jaewon hwang]

You can buy a constant force spring off scorpion springs or any other company. But they also come in the kit of parts for some regions

[Ozuru]

Very high quality reveal video and robot. I liked the explanations from the students.

Nice work.

[philso]

I have been eagerly awaiting your video, just as I do every year.

Well thought out design and excellent workmanship, as usual. It also looks like your driver is already pretty practiced. This should be a beast on the field.

What is the winch at 0:27 for? Your Crossbow?

[Rob Stehlik]

What is the winch at 0:27 for? Your Crossbow?

It was for an earlier version of the crossbow. It's no longer on the robot :)

[Nick Lawrence]

Excellent work 610. Hope to see this robot up close in April. Have fun in Hawaii!

-Nick

[Mr. B]

Very Nice, At 1:40 in the Video the programmer (IAN) talks about the Gyro that is used. The Navix? I think-- Can you tell me where to get one as we are having repeat issues with the one from First Choice.
Thanks

[eddie12390]

Very Nice, At 1:40 in the Video the programmer (IAN) talks about the Gyro that is used. The Navix? I think-- Can you tell me where to get one as we are having repeat issues with the one from First Choice.
Thanks

They're available from AndyMark at http://www.andymark.com/product-p/am-3060.htm, but unfortunately they are currently out of stock. You can ask to be emailed about availability information or follow their Chief Delphi thread at http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=131859. As far as I know, the next shipment is expected to be available March 6th, 2015.

[Addison4300]

That container grasping mechanism is outstanding, Great job!

[sethj]

Love your method of grabbing the bins from the middle! We were going to try something similar but the mechanism put us over the weight limit so it didn't get implemented. Yours looks like it doesn't weigh much at all :D

Amazing video btw, very well done.