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GUI

11-01-2009, 16:34

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sdcantrell56

11-01-2009, 16:47

This looks awesome. What type of plywood are you planning on using? Also are you using epoxy or wood glue?

GUI

11-01-2009, 17:00

We're using birch plywood. The wood will be attached using reular wood glue and staples.

sdcantrell56

11-01-2009, 17:29

Baltic birch I am assuming? I am looking into wood this year as it seems like I can build a much better frame for this game from wood than aluminum. Now I just need to convince the team that a wood frame can work.

MrForbes

11-01-2009, 17:52

We'll know in about two months :)

smurfgirl

11-01-2009, 18:01

Cool. Is the front part of the bot open for ball collecting?

GUI

11-01-2009, 20:31

Yes, the front opening is for ball harvesting. This frame is designed toallow as much room low to the ground as possible for anything that the manipulator might need.

GUI

12-01-2009, 23:51

Small update: we got the frame glued and stapled together today, went pretty quickly. The bare frame (no motors, transmissions, wheels, electronics, anything) weighs 16.4 lbs.

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr15/unicyclerobots/th_IMG_0311.jpg (http://s465.photobucket.com/albums/rr15/unicyclerobots/?action=view&current=IMG_0311.jpg)

sdcantrell56

12-01-2009, 23:54

looks awesome! So how strong is it? I can't wait to get ours going together.

GUI

13-01-2009, 00:01

We haven't put much weight on it as the glue is still wet, but I expect it will be a little stronger than our pre-season prototype (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhNhnrPTRMw).