Team 433 Builds a Bot

[Gary Bonner]

Finally getting around to posting this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnKiEF7bpcI

[The Lucas]

Nice video. What does the second servo shown in the video do? It looks like it locks the arm

[Jeremiah Johnson]

Hm... pretty cool. Good job guys and gals.

[Billfred]

Good job guys and gals.More the latter than the former, given that it's 433, but I definitely agree--it looks great!

I still can't quite figure out how that brake works...

[TrippyMohan]

Channel 4's bit:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1v6rikT5mxU

practicing in the cafeteria:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crResGixfPk

[=Martin=Taylor=]

That’s a sweet lifter.

And the continuity (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continuity_error) is impressive. I kept waiting for someone to move that chair :)

Did you build it in one day? Or did you just keep the shop real tidy?

[Gary Bonner]

Nice video. What does the second servo shown in the video do? It looks like it locks the arm

Yes, it locks the arm by clamping on a sprocket hub. Here's a photo of the innards:
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=5139&d=1172112278


Did you build it in one day? Or did you just keep the shop real tidy?

Just to keep things interesting, we wait until the last weekend to build. Actually, we put tape on the floor marking where to put the bot and where to stand with the camera, and snapped at photo every few days. The shop wasn't a pretty site on ship day.

[Alex Cormier]

hmm, looks like a similar gripper which was found succesful. ;)

[Rich Ross]

Looks cool. Most teams that i saw didn't have arms that worked that well, ever. Im sure that by nationals it will be more common for people to have arms that work well, but good job on doing it the first time.

[Freddy Schurr]

Is there a picture that we can see?

[AustinSchuh]

I like your use of the servo to create a 3 position pneumatic piston. Good luck.