MakeShift 4039 Robot Reveal 2015 - ROY G BIV

[Matt Ciprietti]

Team 4039, MakeShift Robotics, is proud to present our 2015 Recycle Rush robot, ROY G BIV - a three-part, tethered, tote-centric stacker!

http://youtu.be/OgmfHsDHyPI

ROY:

mobile platform housing the battery and electronics
transports stacks from human loading station to scoring platform
forks out front have passive hinged plates for lifting bins and up to six-high tote stacks
potentiometer allows touch-of-a-button pre-programmed vertical positions
co-op capable

G:

manages the critical transition of the first tote from the CHUTE DOOR to stacking

BIV:

ROY without wheels (which makes for common spare parts)
allows the human player to constantly load totes, even when ROY is not present

See you at Waterloo and Finger Lakes!

#TeamTether

[Bluman56]

Absolutely amazing. Robot to release video to the team in general, it's hard not to appreciate whatever MakeShift puts out. Big props to everyone on the team and it's a shame you wont be competing in NYC after all the fun we had last year! Good luck, 334 will surely be rooting for you all. :)

[howdosheeplamp]

Awesome bot, awesome music, and an awesome reveal video! The container set at the end had me laughing out loud.

[Kevin Leonard]

4039 continues to be one of my favorite teams in FIRST

[steinerc]

I love the music and the colorful robot, nice touch!

[Canon reeves]

Awesome job! Love the design!

[PayneTrain]

This is going to sound totally weird but I have a crush on 4039. I've never had a crush on any human before except Anna Kendrick, but I have a crush on 4039. This is so cool. *fangirls*

[Paul Copioli]

Thanks for burning that song into my head!

Hilarious song, potentially great robot combination. Too bad I won't see it in person this year until Champs.

[Munchskull]

Do I see an Einstein paring with 148?

[Fields]

Haha perfect finish

[Basel A]

I've seen a lot of reveal videos in my time (haven't we all...), but this is easily in my top 5 of favourites.

[Kristian Calhoun]

I was really impressed by the entirety of your team after getting to work with you in St. Louis last year. 4039 is the real deal and I'm glad to see you put out another competitive machine. I especially love how you incorporated your team branding into the robot's design and name. Best of luck to you this season!

[Karthik]

Count me in as a member of the 4039 fan club. We've worked closely with these guys over the years and they never fail to impress me. I love the robot, the video, and the team branding.

[PayneTrain]

Count me in as a member of the 4039 fan club. We've worked closely with these guys over the years and they never fail to impress me. I love the robot, the video, and the team branding.

1) is there a real club
2) can I be president
3) does this mean I get a shirt

[rhinobot]

Haha amazing finish! Huge fan of the robot and the team!

[Brandon Holley]

Another fantastic entry from 4039. You guys quickly have become one of my favorite teams to follow.

Nice job!

-Brando

[lynca]

This design balances simplicity and functionaly really well !

I'm already putting together a plan this offseason to play with tethers and multiple robots.
I have a feeling that the GDC has fully embraced tethered robots.
Do you have any detail on your tether ?

[Nick Lawrence]

This is my favorite robot this year due to the elegant use of COTS components to build a super effective robot. Great work guys!

-Nick

[philso]

BIV:
ROY without wheels (which makes for common spare parts)
allows the human player to constantly load totes, even when ROY is not presentUsing common parts is brilliant!

Do the forks on BIV get out of the way so that robots other than ROY can pick up from it?

How is BIV controlled?

Did you bag the "mechanisms" for manipulating the RC's too? :D

[JohnFogarty]

I have to say thank you. The picture and video of your stacker helped us solve a really blindingly obvious problem with our stacker fingers.

We actually had some door hinges and poly-carb in our shop so when we met tonight to continue working on our fingers we came in with a fresh idea and you're team's stacker gave us the inspiration we needed to solve a big problem!

Great robot(s) and good luck this season!

[g_sawchuk]

Awesome robot. Good luck at comps. #teamtether

[Chris is me]

Incredible execution and absolutely beautiful simplicity. I'm floored. Incredible job.

There are some robots that amaze me with their technical gizmos and crazy cool complex ideas, and there are other robots that accomplish huge tasks of the game in a breathtakingly simple, elegant, and polished manner. The latter robots, like these by 4039, make me feel really, really stupid. I love this machine.

Please don't beat us too hard at Finger Lakes. :)

[MattRain]

Awesome robot. Nice touch on the end. :p

[Karthik]

"Roy G. Biv is a colourful man and he proudly stands at the rainbow's end" -- Stuck in my head forever.

[Tom Bottiglieri]

"Roy G. Biv is a colourful man and he proudly stands at the rainbow's end" -- Stuck in my head forever.
It burns!

[Shifter]

Thanks to all of you for your kind comments. In response to some questions:

lynca - our current tether system utilizes 25 ft of 10 gauge wire pair (http://www.mcmaster.com/#9697t5/=w29udj) (to limit voltage drop) running in a split nylon corrugated loom protective sleeve. This is after we tried many alternatives including retracting extension cords (http://www.mcmaster.com/#1448k36/=w29qy4), expandable sleeving (url="https://www.inventables.com/technologies/green-expandable-sleeving), coiled pneumatic tubing (http://www.automationdirect.com/adc/Overview/Catalog/Pneumatic_Components/Flexible_Pneumatic_Tubing_-a-_Hoses/Coiled_Polyurethane_(PUR)_Tubing), home-made festoon systems, and spring-loaded dog leashes. Many of these may be good options for moving in a limited area but we want ROY to be able to reach the co-op STEP if our alliance partners cannot. We'll continue to test alternate solutions (including wheel/gear mud guards, BIV-mounted fishing poles, etc) leading up to our first competition.

philso - yes, BIV's forks move upwards to clear room for fork-out-front-style robots other than ROY to access stacks. However, we've found mecanum wheels don't play nicely with our current tether system. BIV's vertical is driven by a single motor whose controller is mounted to ROY. Our second driver controls raise/lower manually.

PayneTrain - good luck at Palmetto and Virginia. If both our teams make it to World's we'll gladly trade you shirts.

JohnF - glad to hear you could use the idea. Hardware store door hinges are a bit makeshift but if they work, why not?

Good luck to all teams competing in week 1 - work hard and have fun!

[Cam_Team 2619]

I like the bin pull method best.

[Henrique Schmit]

Great Bot, you chose a really uncommon design that seems to be very effective :)
I look foward to playing with you again some day.

[Addison4300]

Outstanding!!! I love how you have a tethered 2nd half! Great Job!

[Matt Ciprietti]

This is my favorite robot this year due to the elegant use of COTS components to build a super effective robot.

Thanks! As a team with limited machining capabilities (just a bandsaw, drill press, mini-lathe and mini-mill) we have made great use of the new products that have been released in the last couple of years as well as many random hardware store finds. Couple those with a bunch of really creative and dedicated students and great things can happen!


Did you bag the "mechanisms" for manipulating the RC's too? :D

They wouldn't get into the bag! What's up with that?! I offered to put food in there and everything! :D

"Roy G. Biv is a colourful man and he proudly stands at the rainbow's end" -- Stuck in my head forever.

Yup. I'm a week ahead of you in first hearing that song and I'm sad to say that it hasn't got any less unstuck...

[Jonathan Norris]

This is my favorite robot this year due to the elegant use of COTS components to build a super effective robot. Great work guys!

-Nick

2nd this, love how simple your tote manipulator is, the hinges and flat lexan make it really really simple.

I also heart 4039, simple robots every year, great branding, awesome team.

[philso]

Thanks! As a team with limited machining capabilities (just a bandsaw, drill press, mini-lathe and mini-mill) we have made great use of the new products that have been released in the last couple of years as well as many random hardware store finds. Couple those with a bunch of really creative and dedicated students and great things can happen!

It is truly amazing that your team has done so much (so well) with "so little". Truly great engineering.



They wouldn't get into the bag! What's up with that?! I offered to put food in there and everything! :D

Not even for a box of TimBits and some bottles of Mountain Dew?



Yup. I'm a week ahead of you in first hearing that song and I'm sad to say that it hasn't got any less unstuck...

FIRST NEEDS to get this song on their playlist for when Roy takes to the field!

[AndreaV]

I think the masses need a 10 hour loop of ROY G BIV

[dominickbrown]

Do I see an Einstein paring with 148?
I would not be suprised :D