Motors.. and more motors.. How many on your 2004 bot?

[OneAngryDaisy]

As this building season ends, most of us have a general idea of how our robots are going to look.. I'm curious to see how many motors everyone used this year, as the game is significantly more complicated than last year.. (servo included)

341 used a grand total of 3 motors......... last year- this year we're already up to 11, and only one servo too.. we probably will need to lose some weight..


You could always mention which motors you used for what functions, I bet we'll be seeing alot of window/van door winches

[abeD]

As of now...

6 motors (2 chips, 2 fp's, 2 globes)

6 pnematic cylinders

there are pics here in the gallery and you can see where they all go on drivetrain (http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/pictures.php?s=&action=single&picid=6245&direction=DESC&sort=date&perrow=4&trows=3&quiet=Verbose)

and arm (http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/pictures.php?s=&action=single&picid=6246&direction=DESC&sort=date&perrow=4&trows=3&quiet=Verbose)

last year we had 6 motors too, but only one pnematic cylinder

[Joe Ross]

2 Drill motor drive and 2 fisher price motor winch. No pneumatics

[Rickertsen2]

2 chips - drive train
2 drills - drive train
1 van door -arm
1 window - arm
1 globe - wouldn't you like to know
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7 motors

pnumatics:
4 cylinders

[greencactus3]

2 drills = drive
um.... 1, 2, 3, 4 cylinders,
i want a keyang motor(1lbs) on for another application which should weigh a total of maybe 3lbs at the most if we have 3lbs to spare....
and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots of bungee. or maybe a heavy duty spring.

[ngreen]

2 drill
2 window
1 globe
1 van door
1 Fisher price
?1 globe

7-8

pneumaticaless this year. Too Bad.

4 motor 4 cyclinders last year

[Solace]

10 motors
6 pneumatic cylinders

2 drills 2 FP's for the drive train

1 van door 2 globes for the arm

1 chip for the ball sucker

2 servos for the ball thwacker (highly technical terms we use here)

pneumatics
1 for the ball sucker
1 for the goal grabber/platform climber
1 for the claw
2 for gear shifting
1 for engaging the winch


lots and lots of powered functions on this years bot.

[Tom Bottiglieri]

2 drills for drive
1 van door for arm rotation (over the bot)
1 globe for rotating arm itself
1 globe for other special tricks

[Paul H]

Haha...forgot about the window motors in my vote! And the servo! That brings us up to 11 motors. I'm not going to share allcoations just yet, though.

[Stephen P]

2 drill (drive train)
2 window (arm)
1 globe (plow arms)

hopefully another globe for 2x ball if we have time

[Sachiel7]

2 CIM - Drive :cool:
1 Window - Plow
1 Globe - Goal Hooks
1 Van Door - Arm Pivot
1 Window - Ball Grabber

No Pneumatics this time around... :rolleyes:

[Greg Perkins]

2 chips for drive

(1) 24" pneumatic cylinder ;)

(3) 3" pneumatic cylinder ;)

(1) 12" cylinder ;)

[Max Lobovsky]

2 drills -drive
2 window - ball plow
1 fp - lift winch
1 fp robot winch
1 seat - big ball holder
1/2 (we arent sure yet....) servo - shifter
1 servo - mobile goal hook

no pneumatics

thats a total of 9

[Alan Anderson]

If I'm not mistaken, our robot's software thinks there are ten motors, one compressor, and four pneumatic actuators. One of the actuators isn't included on the actual robot, but the software doesn't care.

Ten motors. :ahh: And I thought we were designing something simple this year.

[jacob_dilles]

(2) drills -drivetrain
(1) vandoor -tower lift
(2) window -ball pattles
(2) servos -moble goal hook & bar hanging hook

as well as (1) compresser and (2) pistons. what great fun in the code... :rolleyes: . 5 victors in 1.5 sq feet with 3 spikes and that new fuse block wasnt easy.

[WCS V]

Last time I checked there were 4, but the robot may have added more by tommorrow... along with a laser weapon or two.

[edomus]

2 Cims
2 FP
van door
most likely will use both globes

[Andrew]

Drive system - 2 drills, 2 chips, 2 FPs
WoD-m4 = 1 van door
Arm = 2 globes, one seat
Secret Weapon = two window motors

No servos

Total motors: 12

And yes, weight is an issue right now.

[pras870]

(2) Drills - Drivetrain
(1) Seat - Elevator
(1) Van Door - Vertical Elbow Pivot On Elevator
(1) Globe in FP Gearbox - "Pincher" on Arm

5 Motors total

[Roland]

2 Atwood drivetrain
2 drill winch
2 globes to control the bar grabber

and the compressor and a small cylinder for our bar grabber.

[dddriveman]

2 drills -drive
2 CIm-drive
1 window motor- arm
1 van door motor-winch
1 globe-arm
2 servos-autonomous

9 in total

comapred to two drills and three pnuematic pistons

Movin on up in life

[Daniel Brim]

2 drills - Drive
1 window, 1 fp, 1 globe, 1 van door - arm
1 fp - Winch

7 motors

2 servos, maybe 1 more? - Autonomous

1 pneumatic cylinder - arm
2 pneumatic cylinders - Goal Grabbers
2 pneumatic cylinders - Ball herders.

as well as (1) compresser and (2) pistons. what great fun in the code... . 5 victors in 1.5 sq feet with 3 spikes and that new fuse block wasnt easy.
On a 22*10 in plate, we fit 1 compressor, 4 solonoids, 5 spikes, 2 air tanks, 5 victors, a winch mechanism, and the circut breaker panel. The secret is ... well, it will be revealed later (pretty obvious).

[OneAngryDaisy]

Oh, i forgot to mention- we have 11 motors but yet no pneumatics :P

with all that extra weight (compressor, solenoid, etc) we'd be way over 130

[Jay H 237]

We are using 5 motors and 6 pnuematic cylinders this year. Our arm is all pnuematic to hoist ourselves up to the bar. We also have two to shift our transmissions from high to low and vice-versa. We have 4 motors for our tank style drive train this year. We have a Bosch and a cim geared together on each side. And if you're wondering about the 5th motor, I can't tell you- it's top secret and it's also something I haven't seen on any other robots on CD. If I told you this would be my last post as my team would kill me for letting the cat out of the bag. :D I will tell you one thing though, pay attention to team 237 at competitions ( Hartford and Trenton) and the nationals in Atlanta! :)

[Joe3]

2 Bosch Drills
2 F-P
1 Van door
5 Cylinders

What they are used for? Only time will tell.

[Joe Ross]

2 Drill motor drive and 2 fisher price motor winch. No pneumatics

Well, we changed to a van door motor winch, and are using a fisher price motor for another task.

[Billfred]

Last I checked, 1293 is running two motors. We're going CENSORED on the CENSORED, and for the rest, we're just using CENSORED. :D

Oddly enough, we've used no less than three different sets of motors for our drivetrain--first the CIM motors, then the drill motors, then we settled on these other ones--I think they're the window motors, but I may be wrong.

(In case you were wondering, pneumatic, arm, and that last one was just for my personal jollies)

[pauluffel]

We're going with the Chips & Drills on drivetrain, the vanDoor for the winch/armControl (it's mad pimpin), and a seatMotor for the ball grabber.
We might toss on a couple of servos for sensors, but we're not going to have any pneumatics (our newly selected Head of Pneumatics was dissappointed).

[Veselin Kolev]

We got too many, I can tell you this.

2 drills- drive
2 CIMs- drive
1 window- drive
1 vandoor- arm
1 globe- goal grabber
pneumatics- arm

And thats just whats on so far. Much more to come.

[Veselin Kolev]

2 Bosch Drills
2 F-P
1 Van door
5 Cylinders

What they are used for? Only time will tell.

Wait.. I'm confused. 5 cylinders? I thought you were only allowed 3. One provided and 2 custom. Errr I'm probably wrong, seeing that I don't read the rules on pneumatics too well. Hey, I'm a drive train guy. XP

[Madison]

5 motors, 4 cylinders.

2 Drill Motors -- Drive/Lift
Globe Motor -- Arm Extension/Arm Retraction
Globe Motor -- Arm Rotation
FP -- Claw Height Adjustment
.75", 3" Stroke -- Clutch
.75", 8" Stroke -- Claw
1.5", 3" Stroke -- Foot
1.5", 8" Stroke -- Arm Pivot

[Biff]

7 total
2 cims (chips) Dirve
2 drill (sans drill gear box) Drive
1 globe ball manipulator etc.
1 Fp and gear box and 1 window, Arm length and lift (more tesing)
1 cylinder

And we are sooooo close on weight. Hope we can get under 130.

[Arefin Bari]

2 drills

2 atwoods

2 globe

1 vandoor

1 seat

[bigqueue]

2 Globe (Beacon sensors)
2 Chips (Drive)
2 Drill (Drive)
2 Door (Arm & Pole control)
1 Van Door (Winch)


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