Team 254 Presents: Skyfire
 

Team 254, NASA Ames Robotics "The Cheesy Poofs", proudly presents our 2012 robot: Skyfire.




Skyfire will compete at the Silicon Valley Regional, the Central Valley Regional, and the FIRST Championship.

Team 254 is sponsored by NASA Ames Research Center, BAE Systems, Ooyala, Gilbert Spray Coat, Pacific Coast Metal, Good Plastics, Polytec Products, Stalfab, S&S Welding, Modern Machine, Vivid-Hosting, Pricewaterhouse Coopers, Berger Manufacturing, WS Machine, Airtronics, Lumenetix & Bellarmine College Preparatory.

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Wow! that is cool!

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that is a beautiful looking machine :yikes:

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Looks like the result of 254 2006 and 254 2009 having a night of passion.

Can't believe it's been 4 weeks of competition season and we are seeing the poofs for the first time. An amazing robot as usual.

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Similar to 2056 and 341 but love it. Cant wait to see it in action!

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The wait is finally over!

Is that 6 motors on the drive?

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Fantastic! SVR will be fun indeed! :)

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The conveyor system reminds me of the one used by 1747 and 1646 in 2009... the only differences were which direction the shooter was facing and that they were based on wide, not narrow chassis.

IIRC 254's 2009 bot also had a similar system.

Looks like a slick design...

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We originally had 6 motor drive, but have since pulled the 550s and reallocated them to other places.

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Is there a camera anywhere on that beast?

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Gorgeous. Well worth the wait.

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This is about the sleekest robot I've ever seen. (Well, barring 254/968's 2008 robots.) Good luck at SVR and Central Valley!

I too wonder about the location of the camera on this robot.

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Video or it doesn't exist :)

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Nice looking bot! Video to follow? :D

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If Pat, Tom, and the rest of the 254 crew is alright with it, I do have video of Skyfire and Encore from a few weekends ago.

If you guys have a reveal video in the works, I'll save it.