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Eric Yahrmatter
27-02-2006, 21:04
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Your robot is on my list!
What are the details?
FourPenguins
27-02-2006, 21:08
nice decals
btw, is that surgical tubing?
Mr.Fahrenheit
27-02-2006, 21:12
The specs... its fast, shoots balls fast and on target, sucks them off the ground, and can store a good number of them (30ish)
nice decals
btw, is that surgical tubing?
no... its like a plastic cord stuff.... don't know the technical name
Eric Yahrmatter
27-02-2006, 21:14
Your robot is on my list!
What are the details?
Chassis: 6wd, 3 speed (Dewalts), powered by the 2 minibike motors (one on each side)
Ball elevator: 2 chips, nubs on top to inject balls into the shooter, opens to allow balls to be picked up off floor
Ball shooter: 2 chips, uses wheelchair wheel to launch approximately 3 balls every 2 seconds
Ball sorter: 6 chamber, rotating ball hopper capable of holding around 40 balls, blade inside to stir balls and persuade them to fall into one of the 6 chambers, trapdoor and chute on front to send balls to shooter to be scored
Thats a sweet looking robot!
See you guys at Great Lakes.
Lookin good as usual guys.
henryBsick
27-02-2006, 21:16
Nice looking machine as always from the Killer Bees.
How do the balls in the hopper get to the shooter? And does the hopper actuate so you can score 1 pointers?
Alex Cormier
27-02-2006, 21:18
:ahh: :yikes: :ahh: :yikes:
Totally impressive guys and could not expect anything less. see ya at champs!
Eric Yahrmatter
27-02-2006, 21:19
Nice looking machine as always from the Killer Bees.
How do the balls in the hopper get to the shooter? And does the hopper actuate so you can score 1 pointers?
The front of the hopper (nearest to the elevator) has a trapdoor and a chute which allows one ball at a time to exit the hopper and be sucked into the elevator by the rear belt. Sorry, no 1 pointers.
Tom Bottiglieri
27-02-2006, 21:28
nice decals
btw, is that surgical tubing?
It's PolyCord, available from www.smallparts.com
The stuff's great, we finally got around to using it this year. Expensive though...
Alex Cormier
27-02-2006, 21:36
Where you guys headed to?
Eric Yahrmatter
27-02-2006, 21:37
Where you guys headed to?
Great Lakes, Detroit, Grand Rapids, and Nationals
Looking good as always 33. I can't wait to see this first hand in Detroit.
Tim Delles
27-02-2006, 21:45
Very nice bot.
Now are the wheels 8 or 6 inch?
Eric Yahrmatter
27-02-2006, 21:46
Very nice bot.
Now are the wheels 8 or 6 inch?
Custom made 8 inch wheels
Billfred
27-02-2006, 21:54
I like it.
Just out of curiosity, what led to the decision to go with the DeWalts over your legendary four-speed?
(internal thought: three speeds or four, it's still going to kick butt.)
Alex Cormier
27-02-2006, 21:56
I like it.
Just out of curiosity, what led to the decision to go with the DeWalts over your legendary four-speed?
(internal thought: three speeds or four, it's still going to kick butt.)
that was the first thing to poped in my head, as SparX adopted the famous 4-Speed Tranny and loved it. Why change it?
Eric Yahrmatter
27-02-2006, 22:01
that was the first thing to poped in my head, as SparX adopted the famous 4-Speed Tranny and loved it. Why change it?
The Dewalt was what we needed this year: it has the ratios we need and is a good fit for the minibike motors. It was an easier and lighter solution than the 4 speed this time around.
Very nice looking robot. Good Luck, you guys are a great team.
Eldarion
27-02-2006, 22:42
Ball sorter: 6 chamber, rotating ball hopper capable of holding around 40 balls, blade inside to stir balls and persuade them to fall into one of the 6 chambers, trapdoor and chute on front to send balls to shooter to be scored
That's some innovative and amazing engineering there! :)
What led you to that idea?
Nuttyman54
27-02-2006, 22:49
SparX adopted the famous 4-Speed Tranny and loved it.
Team 971 did also, with excellent results. That was some impressive engineering there. great job and excellent white paper! Looks to be a formidable robot. See you at Champs!
kjohnson
28-02-2006, 11:53
The first thing that popped into my head when the game was announced was 33's robot from 2004. I was hoping you would use that design again because I was interested to see how you would incorporate a shooter.
http://www.virginiafirst.org/2004/gallery/2004_Gallery_3/images/dscf0416.jpg
Mr.Fahrenheit
28-02-2006, 13:26
That's some innovative and amazing engineering there! :)
What led you to that idea?
Inspiration came from some child toy air guns and some old robots of ours
Josh Murphy
28-02-2006, 14:20
hey it is a nice looking machine and looks like it will be very competitive i was wondering if you guys were going to use something similar to 04's robot and it is pretty similar and is very creative. well good luck and see you at EMU, Detroit, Grand Rapids and Atlanta yeah we're with you guys all the way but good luck. :)
CatchRothy22
28-02-2006, 14:45
I'm lovin the detailed hopper, fits your team name nicely :P
We have the same concept on the ball picker-upper, you might wanna cover that up with something light so nothing from other robots gets caught in your bands.
Don Wright
28-02-2006, 15:04
you might wanna cover that up with something light so nothing from other robots gets caught in your bands.
No offense, but telling the Killer Bees they should do something is like telling Micheal Jordan how to dunk a basketball (or Lebron James for you young'ens who don't know who Michael Jordan is)...
The robot looks beautiful and I can't wait to see it up close at GLR...
CatchRothy22
28-02-2006, 15:09
No offense, but telling the Killer Bees they should do something is like telling Micheal Jordan how to dunk a basketball (or Lebron James for you young'ens who don't know who Michael Jordan is)...
The robot looks beautiful and I can't wait to see it up close at GLR...
Hey, I'm just tryin to help them out :P you dont wanna loose a round because your bands slip and you cant get the balls up to your hopper. ;)
But yeah good point I'm sure they've thought of it already.
Yeah, if you look at the 2004 robot above (the one at a 60 degree angle with the ground...btw I love that picture so much, I was one of the drivers for that year and that match was one of the best of the whole season), we have used the bands before. We ended up putting a guard on at one of the regionals, they'll probably do the same thing this year if they have weight and if it becomes a problem. Surprisingly, it was really far less of an issue than you would think, but they did "derail" once in a while.
...they'll probably do the same thing this year if they have weight and if it becomes a problem. It's more of an issue than you think. If those belts can be reversed under power, someone should be planning how to cover them, because it is a "shooter" (there is discussion on here already about that ruling from Q&A). I'm not saying cover yet, just plan how to. Although I bet someone has already and is planning for doing it quickly at the first event if necessary.
Eric Yahrmatter
28-02-2006, 17:29
It's more of an issue than you think. If those belts can be reversed under power, someone should be planning how to cover them, because it is a "shooter" (there is discussion on here already about that ruling from Q&A). I'm not saying cover yet, just plan how to. Although I bet someone has already and is planning for doing it quickly at the first event if necessary.
We are not planning on doing that currently because the whole roller mechanism tilts outward to pick up balls, making it exit the starting envelope, rendering this "shooter" illegal.
henryBsick
28-02-2006, 17:39
How are our belts a shooter?
Rule <S03>:
Shooter Mechanism must remain inside the ROBOT - Any mechanism used to throw balls must be
contained within the original 28” x 38” x 60”starting envelope of the ROBOT and must be shielded such
that the mechanism cannot make contact with other ROBOTs. A ROBOT that violates this rule will be
considered unsafe per <S01>.
Shooter as defined by Game Design Committee:
A shooter includes the mechanism that delivers the final dynamic impulse that ejects the ball from the robot, and any parts of the robot that contact the ball while and/or after this impulse is delivered. If your loading mechanism also ejects the ball from the robot, it would be considered a shooting mechanism.
Q & A (http://forums.usfirst.org/showthread.php?t=474)
Shooter discussion (http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showthread.php?t=43369&page=1&pp=15&highlight=rule+change+design)
Eric Yahrmatter
28-02-2006, 17:45
Rule <S03>:
Shooter Mechanism must remain inside the ROBOT - Any mechanism used to throw balls must be
contained within the original 28” x 38” x 60”starting envelope of the ROBOT and must be shielded such
that the mechanism cannot make contact with other ROBOTs. A ROBOT that violates this rule will be
considered unsafe per <S01>.
Shooter as defined by Game Design Committee:
A shooter includes the mechanism that delivers the final dynamic impulse that ejects the ball from the robot, and any parts of the robot that contact the ball while and/or after this impulse is delivered. If your loading mechanism also ejects the ball from the robot, it would be considered a shooting mechanism.
Q & A (http://forums.usfirst.org/showthread.php?t=474)
Shooter discussion (http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showthread.php?t=43369&page=1&pp=15&highlight=rule+change+design)
Sorry, i edited my post after I thought about it some more.
We dont have shielding on it because we wont be using it for this purpose.
ScoutingNerd175
21-03-2006, 22:27
Not to post in a thread that hasn't been frequented in nearly a month or anything, but your Buzz XI looks pretty good. I have heard rumors that it plays pretty well also. Our Buzz 11 is doing quite well (much better than at the first regional) and is looking forward to hopfully seeing the other Buzz 11 at Nationals! :)
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