Our Robot [Is a Box]/[Is not a box] poll

[Leav]

I'm going to guess 75% for box after 100 votes.

Prompted by http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showthread.php?t=84420

-Leav

[Chris is me]

I think you'll get a lot of "box with thing sticking out of it" this year.

[Tetraman]

Out robot is a [very slick looking] box. Everything contained in that box is set for a perfect center of gravity. The battery is dead in the middle.

Unlike previous years where a box was a box, boxes this year have very important chassis configurations and designs. And with those bumpers, they look just as impressive and maybe more impressive then robots with big huge masses of metal jetting out the top.

[Pausert]

Last year our robot was essentially a fridge. I think we did a good job this year of making something a little bit sleeker. And I really do mean a little bit. It looks like a mini-fridge from this angle.

http://i43.tinypic.com/29m4pyp.jpg

[Alex Cormier]

Not (http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/photos/34981) a (http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/photos/35090) box! (http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/photos/35075) :]

[alicen]

nothing like a box! (http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/photos/34991)

[Hastypickle]

Ours is a box with a scud launcher look (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8Wxiqo8Ijw) to it when we put our arm up.

[ttldomination]

1379's CNC beauty was one of the sexiest as P'tree, and I accordance with Alicen's picture...not a box.

My team's bot's a box...A BOX WITH ATTITUDE!!! All of our angle might not be exactly 90 degrees, but we're close enough.

[TD912]

We have a box than can go over the bump, under the tunnel, and still hang from the tower! Although we had a bunch of mechanical problems when we got to the NYC regional... We have to fix them before we go to some off-season events...

http://www.vthsrobotics.org/photos/v/2010/nyc_regional/DSCF6069.JPG.html
http://www.vthsrobotics.org/photos/v/2010/nyc_regional/DSCF6068.JPG.html

[The Lucas]

Not a box turtle! (http://moe365.org/robot.php)
Err ... actually with dome top, green pattern decals and pop out kicker it kinda does look like one (http://images2.cafepress.com/product/37607422v4_225x225_Front.jpg)! But wayyy faster I assure you :D

[kgzak]

We are definitely a box http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2727/4415884455_3a022400cd.jpg

[efoote868]

I said "not a box"... We've definitely got a slant on top, as well as a higher back to help block shots (and lets face it, visibility on the field).

These bumpers definitely leave you with less creative options, as far as the exterior goes. I'm thinking back to 2005 where every robot was different on the outside, and most expanded in some way or another.

[dtengineering]

It's a box... WITH HOCKEY STICKS ON IT.

So definitely not a box.

Jason

[kjolana1124]

How can something be a box if IT DRIVES?! *glare*

.....

*votes box on poll*

[biojae]

Its a box, but it does articulate.
The top screen moves up to deflect, but can go down to go under the tunnel.

Here is a short video of it.
Team 399 Highlight Arizona (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8Y9k2auxl8)

[quinxorin]

I was amazed by how many robots are boxes this year, but ours isn't.


Click to enlarge
http://lightningrobotics.com/gallery/thumb/2933.jpg (http://lightningrobotics.com/gallery/image/2933.jpg)

[CrashTestPilot]

Not a box (http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/photos/35202). It's a crab in a turtle shell (not a crab drive, just wide chassis mecanum so it moves sideways).

[Creator Mat]

not a box turtle also (see sig pic)

[David Dawson]

No box for 2673
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4033/4434875722_a085dcddce.jpg

[Al3+]

Box. It's tough to stay under 18" for the tunnel when bumper height is 16", and yet have interesting geometry. Ironically we only used the tunnel once so far I can recall, and never explicitly planned to in the first place (it just somehow worked itself into our design considerations, gradually to the point where we were almost willing to relocate all the electronics to gain 1/4" more clearance).

Still, much nicer than our refrigerator bot last year.

[BushTA]

Well, It can score three balls in autonomous, go over the Bumps and through the tunnels, then Hang. But yah, it's a Box.:]