pic: Team 20 2006 Robot

[John Neun]

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[Mandi_|<o>|]

Wow!
Sorry, but, where is the camera?
and how much it weighs?
So scary!

[Kim Masi]

That looks really awesome!

How do you load the balls?

[David Kelly]

Very nice Mr. JN! Are there any video's that we can see of it picking up the balls and loading into the shooter?

[Gabe Salas Jr.]

Very nice compact design. I like the speed holes too. :D

[Kris Verdeyen]

Very pretty - I love the machined lexan on the sides.

[Ben Piecuch]

Great job John! Looks like another great robot to battle at UTC.

My questions/observations:

- Any human load ability?
- # of balls stored?
- What is the pneumatic for on the back of the robot?
- How many freshman did it take to drill all those holes? (No offense to freshmen) :)

BEN

[John Neun]

This picture was taken just before the camera was mounted. It is on the FIRST servo gimbals, on the turret, forward of and under the launching wheels. In the picture, it is at about weight. We have yet to install bumpers. Good catch, Ben: we have no way for humans to load balls, but the roller is extremely effective at gathering them off the floor. The lexan s-fram will store about 12 balls when loaded statically. The wire transit frame (between s-frame and launcher) holds three. The pneumatic arm in the back lifts the ball at the end of the transit frame into the launcher, where it goes on its merry way. We went with larger wheels this year to give the machine better odds on the ramp.

With all due respect to Freshmen, the side plates were actually done on a CNC stamping machine, so the holes came "pre-drilled." Last year, we punched out a truss structure, and it was a little too light, so we decided to use a little more metal and lighten with holes.

[Jon K.]

That looks amazing, I can't wait to see it at UTC up close and in person. Another amazing bot from the folks at team 20.

[KenWittlief]

Whoa! its got an awesome 1950's retro Erector Set / Buck Rogers quality that I really like!

Very nice!

[Eric Scheuing]

That's a good roller mechanism.

[imax48236]

Nice curves :cool:

[JoeXIII'007]

One moment while I take the shock of competition...
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OK.

That's a nice looking machine. Really really nice. Wow. I mean, that's something that we never thought about. Gosh. hmmm...

:ahh:

-Joe

PS: hmmm... something tells me that we need to put up our teasers some time soon. yeah, I'll see what I can manage and IF I can after ship date.... yeah... hmmm.... *whistles* (that's an if)

[Rickertsen2]

That is one amazing robot!!! It really is

[mosquito710]

Looks cool.

Just one question: Do you plan on turning? :)

We have some traction wheels that look exactly like that, and they don't slide at all on carpet.

[Jay Trzaskos]

Once again the Rocketeers have a great looking robot and a definite competitor. I hope I get a chance to see it in person in Atlanta. Just one question, who gave you the idea for using the IFI traction wheels? I thought and thought and couldn't manage to put a name in that blank. :rolleyes:

Once again you guys have a great bot there.

JT
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[Jeff Rodriguez]

Great looking bot, just one question.
How many degrees of rotation does the turret have?

[John Neun]

Thanks for all of the comments!!

It turns very well. We used a similar design last year and the machine maneuvered very well. This one does, too.

The turret has 2 degrees of freedom. Theoretically full traverse which is actually about 270 degrees with cabling limitations, and elevation for range control.

[DCA Fan]

That looks FANTASTIC. Great job you guys, I hope I'll be able to see you at competiton!