That Blue Bulldozer Robot from the Game Animations
 

Hello Robonauts!

This might seem like a strange first post, but I'd like to start with something happy, that everybody can relate to.
Every year, there is a game animation with six robots: three red, three blue. There are successful ones, and not so successful ones, but one stands ahead of the rest. So far ahead that he has been in all of the recent animations. All of them.
He is the blue bulldozer.
His beauty and success comes from his simplistic design, his lack of being able to do anything, really.
We just felt like he needed more attention. So we found his facebook page. At first, a few people liked him. But then it died down. But I know that he has more fans then just that!
Please, go and support this robot. Give him the strength to return next year. I have faith in you.

http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Li...52219038129451

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He's the one that always get the damage. soccer balls and logo intertubes thrown at him, falls off the bridge trying to do a triple balance.

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"Uhoh. *smash*" - Little Blue Bulldozer Robot, <insert year with game animation here>

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At one point in this year's animation I thought he'd get his revenge on the red robots. Sadly I was wrong and he just ended up getting hurt again :(

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He has.

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Call of 'Dozer: Blue Bots 2

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I think his name is Kenny. ;)

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I caught a picture of one of the Montreal rookies when I was at the Montreal regional this past March.

Yes, you guessed it; they built Plowie.

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I've always called him (her?) Dozer.

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It?

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I've heard both "Plowy/Plowie/Plow-E" and Dozer.
Dave would know for real, but I'm pretty sure it's Dozer.

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Yup, his name is "Dozer." Always has been.

-dave



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There you have it, y'all.

Dozer rocks. :)

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Dozer 2005-2010, need to update the video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bm9nd-3hW_E

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All that robot did was leave red and blue skid marks all over the field and get itself disabled for doing that.

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So much for my reference to South Park's Kenny. :rolleyes:

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Well, he doesn't always die, he just always falls or something falls on him :)

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Dozer has not read the instructions that came with his medications. To wit: "do not operate heavy machinery." Perhaps its misadventures are due to inadvertent sleep. It keeps dozing off.

Is this another pun thread I see coming ;)

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Well, this is Chief Delphi ...

If the puns bother you, just plow on through.

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"Uhoh..."

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If you ignore the field damage it caused, it was pretty cute though, plus it was bouncy!

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They were also one of the better bridge manipulating and balancing robots at the regional.

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For as long as I can remember, my team & I have always called him "Dot Bot", but Dozer works too =)

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I felt this was the right thread to add this to...

For our promotional and testing projects we created what we call our "Universal Robotics Platform."

The URP was taking form to be a large, fast, and off road capable machine that we could use for football games to cover the field quickly while carrying a large payload (think t-shirt cannon/s). As it took it's final form, we naturally added a few blue panels and some eyes and got this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kS-UB_r2Bqo

"Dozer"
36" X 24" X 18"
195 lbs
Optima Red Top Battery
Four CIM Drive through CIMple Boxes
Geared for 32 ft/s to clear a football field in a hurry
Programmed speed defaults to 50% and requires driver input to reach full speed
10" Pneumatic wheelchair tires to handle offroad situations
Servo driven eyes
Almost FRC legal... and we still have to make his blade silver.

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This is the best reveal I have seen this year. That is wonderful.
I love it.. a real Dozer...
He/She needs to come to St. Louis... make friends with Wall-E

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"Dozer"
36" X 24" X 18"
195 lbs
Optima Red Top Battery
Four CIM Drive through CIMple Boxes
Geared for 32 ft/s to clear a football field in a hurry
Programmed speed defaults to 50% and requires driver input to reach full speed
10" Pneumatic wheelchair tires to handle offroad situations
Servo driven eyes
Almost FRC legal... and we still have to make his blade silver.[/quote]

So, yall created gravity drive, ( 32 fps) how high did yall gear it?

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So, yall created gravity drive, ( 32 fps) how high did yall gear it?[/quote]

Really big wheels and sprockets that are most likely too big...

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As long as I can remember, everyone on my team called him "Shovel Bot." Definitely not quite as graceful as "Dozer."

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:) His real name is Dozer, per the creator, Dave Lavery.

The different names are amusing to read though.

This is adorable! He'll make a great demonstration robot. If you guys make it to Worlds, I would love to see him in person.

A Dozer you can buy and use. :-) http://uncrate.com/stuff/robot-snow-plow/

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I would -LOVE- to see this Dozer bot at the FIRST Championship. How fun would that be? I think he'd have to follow Dave around all day, though...

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Something tells me that Dave may just be a Team 60 fan after week #4...Lol. And it's very blue too.