1806 Teaser

[martinswat1806]

http://www.tangendrives.com/images/geneva.gif
Makes you think.

[keehun]

Hm. Wow. I never even imagined a piece of metal like that. Wow.. Sorry but it's one of those "blow your mind away" moments.

[Vikesrock]

Hm. Wow. I never even imagined a piece of metal like that. Wow.. Sorry but it's one of those "blow your mind away" moments.

It's called a Maltese cross or Geneva drive

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geneva_drive

I'm not sure what they are using it for as shown, but I could definitely think think of a use for one with the center crescent shape on the drive removed

[Nuttyman54]

Geneva mechanism, very interesting. Are you planning on using this like a ratchet somehow?

[Techgirl675]

This looks very creative and seems to be a really great use of materials. Seems like a lot of thought went into the design! I take it that this is a mechanism that is being used to kick the ball but return and stay put to be sure that it follows the rules, great job!

[Meredith Novak]

Very interesting. Can't wait to see you at KC!

[Jeffy]

I love your guys bots. Very excited to compete with or against you this year.

[Akash Rastogi]

Hm. Wow. I never even imagined a piece of metal like that. Wow.. Sorry but it's one of those "blow your mind away" moments.

Its generally called a geneva mechanism (or at least that's what our engineering teacher taught us). A really fun activity with mechanisms like this is making automatas. We do this in our engineering class and it actually helps a ton when it comes time to design the FRC robot.

http://automata.co.uk/mechanisums.htm

[_Tanto_]

hmmm... possibly a good way to have a couple of preset kicker locations,... or mayb just some sort of watch :P