Re: The Robonauts 118 - 2013 Video
 

Definitely COTS = cheese on top slices

Re: The Robonauts 118 - 2013 Video
 

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“We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard, because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills, because that challenge is one that we are willing to accept, one we are unwilling to postpone, and one which we intend to win, and the others, too.”
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Kudos for choosing a space race quote.

Re: The Robonauts 118 - 2013 Video
 

I bet their robot weighed 118 lbs ;)

Re: The Robonauts 118 - 2013 Video
 

a little late :) I did that joke in I think the 3-4 page of the thread.

EDIT:I know I said it somewhere...but I can't find it :/

Re: The Robonauts 118 - 2013 Video
 

may i know the technical specs of the robot.
-type of wheel
-gear box used
-piston and motors

Re: The Robonauts 118 - 2013 Video
 

Yes, what kind of wheel(s) are used for the shooter? Are they custom or were you just able to buy them?

Re: The Robonauts 118 - 2013 Video
 

While I was at LSR I had a chance to see them do some repair on their shooting wheel. From what I saw, All it was was a round piece of foam spray glued onto a disk that was spun by a mini cim. Quite innovative if you ask me..

Re: The Robonauts 118 - 2013 Video
 

Now that the season is over, does anybody know what ended up happening to 118's 30 point climber? I loved the design that they showed in their video, but I never saw a full video of it climbing.

Re: The Robonauts 118 - 2013 Video
 

It is just a foam circle, sure wish we thought of that. It's like THIS sorta stuff.

Edit: That is, a foam circle with round sheet metal on the top and bottom to keep it in the right shape while it's spinning.

Re: The Robonauts 118 - 2013 Video
 

They had to take off their 30 point climber due to weight issues.

Re: The Robonauts 118 - 2013 Video
 

Partially true.

They also looked at how long it took to climb to 30 and decided that they could score more points by cycling rather than by climbing. Also the falling factor came into play.

After they took their climber off they reinforced other areas of the frame, so if they were to re-attach their climber now, they would have weight issues.

Source: The awesome mustached mentor from 118 at SVR.

Re: The Robonauts 118 - 2013 Video
 

Perfect IRI addition?:) I would love to see this climber in action.

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I doubt it. Even 254's uber fast 30 point climber was barely worth it most of the time.

Re: The Robonauts 118 - 2013 Video
 

If they add it it would also probably be a completely new design. From what I heard they weren't happy at all with that climber, and believed there was no way for them to make it fast enough to make it worth it. Also, the current design interferes with their more effective cycling HP feed.

Re: The Robonauts 118 - 2013 Video
 

Taking the climber off prior to our first regional was 100% not due to weight. It was instead due to the fact that it just wasn't good enough. Good enough for us was a 10-15 second climb. This was the metric we were shooting for during the 6 weeks. When we went into the bag, the climber was at its best 30-45 seconds to line up to the pyramid and climb to the top. After seeing how discs were being scored in the week 1 regionals we decided we could add a simple 10 point hang and score more than the 20 "extra" climb points with discs in those last 45 seconds.

With the climber we were right near 120lbs. Removing it allowed us to "put weight" into other systems and make them better, increasing the overall scoring potential of the robot.

In addition the climbing was always extremely nerve racking and we weren't at the point where we had confidence we wouldn't fall. Taking it off and eliminating the possibility of a tournament ending face plant was a side benefit of our decision.

We kept working on the climber but realized it was never going to meet our speed metric. In addition we'd need to re-lighten mechanisms back to their original config to put it back. We decided the robot would always be better overall without it.

It was a cool climbing method that we spent A LOT of time on. It's too bad it didn't pan out but it was fun to work on and taught us a lot.