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CD47-Bot
23-02-2004, 00:23
[cdm-description=photo]17055[/cdm-description]
ellenchisa
23-02-2004, 00:35
Impressive and formidable looking!! Good luck..and happy four more days for improvement! :)
matchpoint04
23-02-2004, 00:37
Are those really zip ties on your wheels? :ahh:
binarymit
23-02-2004, 00:49
Are those really zip ties on your wheels? :ahh:

yep they are, but we're not sure if they're legal or not. We've asked numerous times about the legality of it but no one has answered us :confused:
maxgebhardt
23-02-2004, 17:21
I'd like it if someone could first q + a that, since our MENTOR (glances at mr park) doesn't know the password...
dragonpaulz
23-02-2004, 20:19
that's one good looking robot :D
KenWittlief
23-02-2004, 20:22
Nice job - can I have it? :c)

zipties on your wheels are ok. lots of teams use them to allow skid steering - the rule is you cant damage the carpet or playfield. zipties are nylon- not a problem.
EStokely
24-02-2004, 13:19
Great idea with the pneumatic lift on the arm at the base. We didn't think of that. (putting that on the shelf of good ideas)
Other than that we have a similar design.

How are you controlling the movement of the arms? Joystick? Pots? Switches?

Looks like it should be a fun year to walk thru the pits

Luck to all, you can sleep this coming weekend
Adam Shapiro
24-02-2004, 22:04
How are you controlling the movement of the arms? Joystick? Pots? Switches?
The arm is controlled by many controls:

Joysticks (inversed y-axes) for the elbow and wrist
Toggle-programmed joystick switches (triggers and thumb switches) for the claw and base cylinder
POV hat for the scissor lift

Looks like it should be a fun year to walk thru the pits
You can say that again!
binarymit
24-02-2004, 22:04
Great idea with the pneumatic lift on the arm at the base. We didn't think of that. (putting that on the shelf of good ideas)
Other than that we have a similar design.

How are you controlling the movement of the arms? Joystick? Pots? Switches?

Looks like it should be a fun year to walk thru the pits

Luck to all, you can sleep this coming weekend

The arms are on two joysticks, one for the elbow and one for the wrist. On the elbow joystick I can control the claw, and the base pneumatic cyclinder. And also the pneumatic cyclinder isn't the only device that pulls the robot off the ground, we have a scissor lift under the arm.
jparkteach
28-02-2004, 13:25
How are you controlling the movement of the arms? Joystick? Pots? Switches?


Maybe... we still have time to build something fancy like #25's for our controls!!