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falconmaster
17-01-2009, 23:23
Here is a video of our solution to harvesting the balls from the floor. Well we call it a harvester since it looks like a combine.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmQMC7yZbk4
now we have to build the rest of it....
CraigHickman
17-01-2009, 23:30
Very slick! What did you use to attach the pneumatic tubing to the ABS?
roboraven15
17-01-2009, 23:31
looks good, its really nicely puting the ball into the robot in the same spot every time.
falconmaster
17-01-2009, 23:44
Very slick! What did you use to attach the pneumatic tubing to the ABS?

We just drilled a very snug hole, but we plan on "shoe Goo" or "Plumber's Goop" ing them in
Woody1458
17-01-2009, 23:55
Very nice! I'm assuming based on the fact you released this video so early in the season you don't mind if our team borrows from this idea?
falconmaster
18-01-2009, 00:03
Very nice! I'm assuming based on the fact you released this video so early in the season you don't mind if our team borrows from this idea?

We share everything! Its the GP way. If all good ideas were swaped more often the level of play can only go up! We have used other ideas from other teams and we are grateful. We are always trying to return the favor! Use away!
R.C.
18-01-2009, 00:25
We share everything! Its the GP way. If all good ideas were swaped more often the level of play can only go up! We have used other ideas from other teams and we are grateful. We are always trying to return the favor! Use away!

Nice job, we will post our hopper feeder idea in about a week or so.
Akash Rastogi
18-01-2009, 00:34
Nice job, we will post our hopper feeder idea in about a week or so.

Hmm if we have ours ready I'll try to have it up before end of build :(
R.C.
18-01-2009, 00:45
Hmm if we have ours ready I'll try to have it up before end of build :(

This Sunday Right, I hope it is a good one. :D :cool: :eek:
Ted Weisse
18-01-2009, 01:14
Looks very repeatable, nice. If the chassis is also shown you will need to change the front a bit. I think you need at least 6" on each side of your harvester.
Hazmatt
18-01-2009, 12:14
We have almost the exact same mechanism on our robot except we're using the ends off of a push broom for the brushes. :D