Team #1156 Robot In The Bar

[Chuck[#1156]]

http://members.lycos.co.uk/wormsterminator/repio.jpg

[Jessica Boucher]

Hee. How convenient that the yellow fence thing was the same height as the bar!

Looks good, can't wait to see it in action!

[Tom Bottiglieri]

looks pretty good guys.. just wondering.. those arms you are hanging on will be used to grab the 2x ball, correct. Does your bot do any other functions than hang and grab multiplier?

[tchescow]

With the arms down, and the claw down we are able to push the balls trough the field, and obviously push the movable goal. (I hope, just kidding :D ). Soon we will post a link with a video so you guys can see it in action, and maybe help us finding another functions :)

[Alex Salomonsky]

How long did it take to put that arm together? My team has a similiar idea, but we haven't started, I would like to get a timetable

[OneAngryDaisy]

How long did it take to put that arm together? My team has a similiar idea, but we haven't started, I would like to get a timetable


If you haven't started.. explore other options, unless you are willing to stay at your shop all day every day until shipping, a ladder system takes quite a while, as there are several separate sections that must fit together perfectly.. we had one a few years ago, it worked perfectly until someone flipped us in our own competition and the entire thing snapped

[tchescow]

We took almost one week to build the elevator (including time to buy the materials, the bulding itself, adjusts, strenght tests...). The major issue was when we found out that we had to stretch the chain to work better. To build the claw we took another 3 days, the major issue that time was to put the elevator and the claw togheter. :D Anything else we can help?

[Jon Anderson]

That is very cool.

Are you going to be able to take a ball up with you when you hang?

[tchescow]

We haven't tryied to hang on the bar holding anything. :)

[crazykid234]

the bot looks way cool. the fact that you are done already makes me envious :D another question... what are you planning to do if someone hits your arm while it's down?? (I am not threatening) :ahh:
that was something our team had a huge problem with

[Chuck[#1156]]

the bot looks way cool. the fact that you are done already makes me envious :D another question... what are you planning to do if someone hits your arm while it's down?? (I am not threatening) :ahh:
that was something our team had a huge problem with
depending the intensity of the impact in the arm it can break... but we want to stay with the arm in the back of the bot.
But is almost impossible to not hit in a bot...so we´re taking more arms to replace :rolleyes:
Any other question...pls post :yikes:

[kjohnson]

If another robot runs into it, will the arm slide off the bar?

[Greg Perkins]

how sturdy is it while hanging, it looks vulnereable how it looks in the pic

[leigh388]

Congrats guys! Your bot looks great. I am just a bit jealous that you actually have a finished product.

[Chuck[#1156]]

If another robot runs into it, will the arm slide off the bar?
i hope no...cause we made the arm to be resistan enough to stay in the bar in the case of a bot come and hit it. :D

[sanddrag]

WHAT ARE THOSE TIRES? Please share, even if it's only in a PM. I have got to know what they are. Thanks.

[Chuck[#1156]]

WHAT ARE THOSE TIRES? Please share, even if it's only in a PM. I have got to know what they are. Thanks.
The material used is PU (Poliuretane), I guess that´s the word in english. It´s very hard, but it sticks to all surfaces when pressed.
If there any other doubt, please post ;)

[crazykid234]

wow, i'm impressed, you got the robot done in enough time to test robot hits, and you manufactured multiple arms, all I can say is, wow (again)

I'm in awe... :eek:

[Chuck[#1156]]

We have to make some changes in our bot...
The reasons:

We need to loose some weight :]
It wasnt responding too well to the controls :o

4:00 PM we are sending our bot and we will release the photo of the new model...

C ya later :yikes: