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Uberbots
21-02-2008, 17:38
Here is a video of our 2008 robot "lightning" doing his thing...
Video Here (http://uberbots.org/2008/media.php?m=658&locate=659&locate=659)
Apparently he was a little sick when we took the video... only 3 hurdles...
Tim Arnold
21-02-2008, 17:55
Nice bot, and website! Thats probably a pretty accurate representation of a real match with 3 hurdles.
Swampdude
21-02-2008, 18:01
That's a cool idea for the gripper, looks very durable and fast. Nice machine!
Uberbots
21-02-2008, 18:35
Nice bot, and website! Thats probably a pretty accurate representation of a real match with 3 hurdles.
it is actually... i guess the random veering into the walls represents possible defense.
The robot is a bit.. um... destroyed in this movie, it just came back from the scrimmage, and it is actually a modded 2007 robot, so it has a LOT of hours (and slack) in it. so... im not suprised they only got 3
they usually get 5-7
I saw you in the scrimmage; great job! I love the innovative arm. The one thing that I can see that's not perfect with your bot, is that you might have some contact outside the bumper zone with your arm. <G37>?
Good Luck...
Another great bot from the Uberbots! Looking forward to seeing you at the CT Regional.:D
it is actually... i guess the random veering into the walls represents possible defense.
The robot is a bit.. um... destroyed in this movie, it just came back from the scrimmage, and it is actually a modded 2007 robot, so it has a LOT of hours (and slack) in it. so... im not suprised they only got 3
they usually get 5-7
Nice Bot. We missed you in Albany practice match. Good Luck this year.
Team 20
Uberbots
21-02-2008, 22:59
I saw you in the scrimmage; great job! I love the innovative arm. The one thing that I can see that's not perfect with your bot, is that you might have some contact outside the bumper zone with your arm. <G37>?
Good Luck...
Our drivers are careful about that; and most of the time we have the ball tucked away in our iron (fiberglass?) grip so we don't really have to worry.
That arm was inspired by many things... one of them is the little golf-ball retrievers, used to pick up golf balls from ponds and other unreachable places. one of the students came in one night and drilled 5 fiberglass reflector "lollypops" into a scooter wheel, and the idea became more pronounced from there.
Whats also cool is that the entire structure above the base of our bot is about 12 pounds, and we have a ton of ballast weight in the base, so our robot does not tip even in its raised position (you have to tip it 60* on the back wheels before it goes over, or 70* on the front wheels... tested empirically ).
smurfgirl
21-02-2008, 23:22
I saw you in the scrimmage; great job! I love the innovative arm. The one thing that I can see that's not perfect with your bot, is that you might have some contact outside the bumper zone with your arm. <G37>?
Good Luck...
On the robot we shipped, we added a fabric cover which prevents some of the entanglement we got with our arm at the scrimmage. Since it has such a big gripper, contact outside the bumper zone is a bigger threat, but we have our drivers practicing really hard to avoid that. (-:
IS the video supposed to be tiny? I'm squinting.
Otherwise, nice robot!
you guys looked really good at the scrimmage its seems like you guys are getting better every year, keep it up, i'll be watching for a 3rd win in a row at UTC
Uberbots
22-02-2008, 10:20
you guys looked really good at the scrimmage its seems like you guys are getting better every year, keep it up, i'll be watching for a 3rd win in a row at UTC
3rd win? i dunno... ive seen a lot of other good robots this year. Im especially fearful of the shooter/catapult bots.
smurfgirl
22-02-2008, 11:34
you guys looked really good at the scrimmage its seems like you guys are getting better every year, keep it up, i'll be watching for a 3rd win in a row at UTC
Thanks! I'm glad to see our team acting like a team, and our robot functioning... but a lot of other teams fulfill those criteria and more. I don't know about a third consecutive win, because I've seen a lot of other really great robots this season.
Jonathan Norris
22-02-2008, 12:07
just for your website guys, the tables are screwed up on safari a bit, making the video look the size of postage stamp.
Uberbots
22-02-2008, 13:09
just for your website guys, the tables are screwed up on safari a bit, making the video look the size of postage stamp.
Oh is that it? ill look into it... any suggestions? i could move it to a DIV layout but that would take a considerable amount of effort.
Jonathan Norris
22-02-2008, 15:52
here is how it looks under Safari: http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/5585/safariww7.jpg
Uberbots
22-02-2008, 15:56
here is how it looks under Safari: http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/5585/safariww7.jpg
Well thats just screwy... leave it to a mac d=
Really though, ill see what i can do to fix it... i probably forgot to specify a width somewhere.
Uberbots
22-02-2008, 19:32
Nice Bot. We missed you in Albany practice match. Good Luck this year.
Team 20
You missed us in albany? we arent even close to there?
smurfgirl
24-02-2008, 10:55
You missed us in albany? we arent even close to there?
Connecticut and New York are neighbors... we are close to there.
Your Bot looks crazy I think u guys got another championship coming up
Got any Autonomous videos?
Nice robot! Great gripper design.
-q
Autonomous video coming soon, Our programmer is on vacation...
smurfgirl
24-02-2008, 20:09
Your Bot looks crazy I think u guys got another championship coming up
We're scheduled to go to Atlanta for the Championship Event, but we actually didn't get a spot to compete. We're not sure if we'll qualify for a spot to compete this year. (Talk about pressure at the regionals!)
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