pic: Dawgma 1712 Presents: Galactus

[Chuck Glick]

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[Lil' Lavery]

With that pretty maroon paint it's hard to tell that the claw is made of... :cool:

[Kyle]

OOOOooohh Perdy.

[KINGOFCLUBS454]

Great work as always guys, can't wait to see it in action!

[Tim Arnold]

Nice logos & artwork!

[Brandon Holley]

videos pleas!

[camtunkpa]

Looking good guys! Good luck at Philly

[Carol]

I assume the sign in the background says "No Whining" not something like "We encourage Whining"

[Chuck Glick]

I assume the sign in the background says "No Whining" not something like "We encourage Whining"

You mean this sign? (http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/photos/28969) :p

[Wayne C.]

looks good-

your team is really developing!!

WC

[Rich Kressly]

With that pretty maroon paint it's hard to tell that the claw is made of... :cool:

As soon as I figure out if you're being complimentary or not, I'll know if you need to be fired ;).

In all seriousness, I'd like to thank all of the hard working students on 1712 and a dedicated group of college mentors who really stepped up and helped us see this one through. Mike, Zac, Alex, and Sean have been entirely invaluable this season and our involved teaching staff really appreciates the dedication. A special shout out to JVN (latex tubing rocks!) and others who help us electronically on occasion when we need engineering support.

Thanks Wayne! While I'm sure we won't be the best hurdler, ground gamer, or lap runner out there, I do belleve we've done a good job at reaching a stretch goal for sure. I'm proud of the crew for all of its accomplishments this year - with the robot and in the community.

As for video, etc - As soon as we finalize the claw deployment mechanism in a day or two (the locking pins are really cool by the way), we'll shoot some video and more stills for everyone.

ps: Don't think I didn't notice that link of yours, Chuck. :)

[Cynette]

I'm so glad our team is going to Phily to see Dawgma and Galactus in action! :) It looks great!

[Mr MOE]

Awesome looking bot, guys! Congrats!

Looking forward to seeing Galactus in action on the Track at Philly!

[pafwl]

Brilliant...

Good luck in Philly...

[talltree357]

Wow, that is a beautiful bot. I can't wait to see it in action!

[thefro526]

I like it... No Pvc this year?

[Chuck Glick]

I like it... No Pvc this year?

HAHA! Yes no PVC...well very little that is. Less than 1 foot total would be my guess. But I am also as suprised as you we didn't use that much this year. Initially our arm was going to be made of PVC but we decided on 1" box tube that we keyed ourselves for the arm.

[thefro526]

I loved your PVC usage in the past few years oh well. How do you score I can't figure it out yet lol.

[Chuck Glick]

I loved your PVC usage in the past few years oh well. How do you score I can't figure it out yet lol.

Well the arm is powered by a Taigene motor which will lift our roller claw, which uses a FP on an XRP gearbox to pull in and spit out the ball. The arm has about a 7' reach so we can easily clear the overpass.

[Maggie27]

Nice idea. [:

[Rich Kressly]

Video of testing:
http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=FRC+1712+galactus&hl=en&sitesearch=

[Kendal Reed]

Galactus looks very cool and should be interesting to see in action... but I have to ask, why use that name if it's not going to be purple?

[Mr MOE]

Very nice. Love the smooth motion of grab and release.

Terrific bot.

See you in Philly!

[Rich Kressly]

Galactus looks very cool and should be interesting to see in action... but I have to ask, why use that name if it's not going to be purple?

We start out every year with a name conversation for the robot in about week 4 or so. Names need to relate to the team, our mascot, the game, the machine's appearance or a combination thereof. Our team colors match the school colors and will always remain the same.

After a lot of discussion on other names, we arrived at the name "Atlas" because of the big ball. However, we were sure that many others may be thinking the same thing. So, then we searched lots of mythological names to no avail. Finally, one of our seniors started thinking about Marvel characters. Galactus popped into his head and we looked it up and found...

"Devourer of Worlds" (grabbing the big ball)
"sole survivor of the Big Crunch of the universe" (we liked the symbol of strength)
called the "third force of the universe." (this is our third year/third FRC robot)

So in a symbolic sense, the name fit really well, but our team colors don't change.

[Rich Kressly]

Only a few more days. Looking forward to Philly. Here's a 1712 robot promo video: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8326632873922044141

See you on the track!