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bobl
24-01-2011, 12:56
Video of our prototype climbing the tower. Yes, I know that it is oversized. It is just a prototype. We will have it trimmed down to its competition weight and size soon.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMe-Fnh3MkE
thefro526
24-01-2011, 13:03
Looks excellent.

Million Dollar Question: How do you plan on deploying it?
SteveGPage
24-01-2011, 13:12
Looks good, Bob!

We are looking forward to seeing you all again at BAE!

Steve
TGallagher
24-01-2011, 13:32
That looks like an interesting design. Out of curiosity, how do you plan to get on to the tower? It looks like the wheels start around the tower.
Ian Curtis
24-01-2011, 16:50
Looks excellent.

Million Dollar Question: How do you plan on deploying it?

I see two bands of surgical tubing on the backside, looks to me like it is some sort of spring loaded mechanism that lets them wrap around.

Not nearly enough wood to be on a Riot Crew robot... good luck this year!
bearbot
24-01-2011, 17:00
nice job jw how much does it weigh and how does it go around the pipe
Creator Mat
24-01-2011, 17:44
congrats on getting up the pole
geyer
24-01-2011, 21:52
I see two bands of surgical tubing on the backside, looks to me like it is some sort of spring loaded mechanism that lets them wrap around.

Not nearly enough wood to be on a Riot Crew robot... good luck this year!

How are your teams planning on attaching the arms after they have sprung and are around the pole? We are looking to magnets.
leobot_792
27-01-2011, 09:37
I see two bands of surgical tubing on the backside, looks to me like it is some sort of spring loaded mechanism that lets them wrap around.

Not nearly enough wood to be on a Riot Crew robot... good luck this year!

seems to be that the bands hold back the arms until the bot collides with the pole and then the arms snap shut? we had a something had that. have any ideas on the deployment? that happens to be a bigger problem than the actual minibot.
wjr1965
27-01-2011, 13:22
Great job! Here are some more:
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=minibot+climbing&aq=f
Astarties
29-01-2011, 22:10
From the looks of it, it seems to be using the same theory as our as far as holdinh itself on the pole goes. For Team 58's sake as well as ours, I'm not going to say, but it's pretty simple when it's detailed out.