pic: 1072 OI

[rachal]

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[Dan Petrovic]

That is so awesome!

My friends and I were joking about different, odd ways to drive the robot.

Guitar
Beatboxing
Piano
DDR

last but not least...

Turntables!

That is outstanding! Great job, guys!

[Adam Richards]

Please tell me your driver doubles as a DJ in his spare time.

[Brad Voracek]

I'm guessing holonomic drive. the turn table controls spin, and then the joystick for speed and direction.

Although the turn table could also be for gears for a shifting transmission maybe. I dunno. Great job though.

[Ben Englert]

Please tell me your driver doubles as a DJ in his spare time.

Yes, actually, I do. :)
www.bluesubmarine.org

[rachal]

I'm guessing holonomic drive. the turn table controls spin, and then the joystick for speed and direction.

Yep, we are using custom mecanum wheels. You can see a little corner of one in the OI pic. There is a better view here: http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/photos/26677

[Billfred]

Any significance to the song (Peter, Paul, & Mary's "Leavin' on a Jet Plane")?

[Ben Englert]

Any significance to the song (Peter, Paul, & Mary's "Leavin' on a Jet Plane")?

Just that a mentor happened to have two copies of the same record so he gave us one. We were hoping for "I, Robot" - Alan Parsons or "Domo Arigato Mr. Roboto" - Styx. :cool:

[MistarKhwaaab]

our OI was so fun...(if an oi can be fun) best part about teh robot (besides wheels)

[Otaku]

Heh, I remember seeing that OI. It's a good way to control the spin of a mecanum bot, methinks. Plus the driver could look REALLY cool while driving that thing.