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BrendanB
03-03-2015, 00:33
After many long weeks of work and snow Team 3467 proudly presents our 2015 creations Otis My Man (practice robot on the left) and SPITFIRE our 2015 competition robot on the right.

SPITFIRE is looking forward to making stacks and capping RCs up high with our friends at the North Shore and UNH district events and beyond. He is capable of placing RCs and totes on any level in multiple orientations.

Reveal video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xa2aqLpzyZM&feature=youtu.be

Follow our team on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/pages/Team-3467-Windham-Windup-Robotics/178534675545641) & Twitter (https://twitter.com/FIRST_Team3467?lang=en)

http://i.imgur.com/qbT3GkZ.jpg
bkahl
03-03-2015, 00:39
Brendan,

Another great out of the box robot, AND YOU LOST 8 DAYS TO SNOW. Can't wait to see it late in the season.

Attention all teams:

If you're looking banebots wheels, PM Brendan.... i think he may have some extra :P
Akash Rastogi
03-03-2015, 00:48
This is legit going to go down as one of the best robots of 2015 IMO. That intake is one of the most effective I think I've seen so far.
Justin2648
03-03-2015, 00:52
Another fantastic robot from 3467, I can't wait to see it in person at UNH! That intake is so slick!
asid61
03-03-2015, 00:52
A cool looking and well eprforming robot. The way you suck up totes looks like magic.
And the any-level stacking and capping could be really useful.
Definitely one of the best robots of the year from the video.
Chirag
03-03-2015, 00:55
Wow awesome robot! I'm so glad you guys built something pretty different from most of the other robots. We actually have a similar method of pushing totes and cans onto stacks :cool:

Can't wait to compete with you guys at Reading in a few days.
ThunderousPrime
03-03-2015, 00:57
Wow excellent robot. All of your team's robots in recent memory have been a pleasure to watch and SPITFIRE is no different. The best thing about this robot in my opinion is the ability to cap a 6 stack or lower relatively effortlessly. Excellent RC manipulation.

Question: Can you intake the RC with the lid inside of the robot?
BrendanB
03-03-2015, 01:02
Question: Can you intake the RC with the lid inside of the robot?

Yes however its not our preferred method. Our platform will need an iteration to handle RCs optimally in this configuration as well as upside down totes which seem to be on the island of misfit toys with how many teams don't touch them.
Nathan Streeter
03-03-2015, 01:02
Looks fantastic; can't wait to see it out there in matches! :-)
Branden2648
03-03-2015, 07:26
Yet again another very impressive and unique robot from Windham! Can't wait to play with you guys at UNH!
Andrew Lawrence
03-03-2015, 09:44
This looks to be one of, if not the, most versatile machines this season. Great job to Brendon and the rest of 3467. Spitfire will be one of the few that I will thoroughly enjoy watching this season.
dradoxen
03-03-2015, 11:16
:ahh: I absolutely love this machine. Very versatile and fast. Nicely done!
PayneTrain
03-03-2015, 11:27
gg new england
JamesCH95
03-03-2015, 11:45
Awesome. I love the versatility of the primary mechanism and the landfill mining capabilities.

Hopefully we will get to compete together at DCMP!
Ben Martin
03-03-2015, 11:51
I really like the versatility and simplicity of this robot--my favorite reveal thus far this year. Looking forward to watching it on the webcasts.
BrendanB
03-03-2015, 18:56
Hopefully we will get to compete together at DCMP!

We'd love to compete with the Grasshoppers! Cap all the stacks!






And make all the stacks.
AustinNordman
03-03-2015, 18:56
Always a fantastic robot from 346767767667767676.
hunterteam3476
03-03-2015, 19:23
What a good looking robot. Can't wait to see it in action! #3476 #3467 #346776
JamesCH95
04-03-2015, 13:56
Question - can SPITFIRE pick up a stack of totes 2-3 high? What if that stack is next to another stack 2-3 high?
JamesB3467
04-03-2015, 14:03
Question - can SPITFIRE pick up a stack of totes 2-3 high? What if that stack is next to another stack 2-3 high?

As long as there are no other totes in our indexer, we would be able to pick up pre stacked totes very easily. Once we have totes in our indexer however, we can only pick up one at a time but it would be very easy to spit out the totes that are preloaded onto a pre built stack and then pick up the newly created larger stack.
JamesCH95
04-03-2015, 14:26
As long as there are no other totes in our indexer, we would be able to pick up pre stacked totes very easily. Once we have totes in our indexer however, we can only pick up one at a time but it would be very easy to spit out the totes that are preloaded onto a pre built stack and then pick up the newly created larger stack.

Very cool. Thank you.