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Re: Robot in 3 Days Robot Reveals

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Originally Posted by Ether (Post 1324495)

Thank you!

This does not sound the least bit boring to me! What you've described above will be an excellent teaching tool. It sounds somewhat like Joe Johnson's video, which was the most informative and helpful of the 4 posted.

That was to say, very little editing, snappy music etc... Joe's video may have been simple but it was very well produced AND any time Joe speaks, something interesting is said! :-) I hope to have something by Saturday.

I've also uploaded rev1 of our winch gearbox to the Robotin3Days.com blog. There is some missing info and minor differences between this version and ours. Most namely on our bot we trimmed down the dog and gears and in this version I left them untrimmed. The intent is to get closer to an off the shelf solution for teams. The only custom part is the shaft which AndyMark has agreed to carry and should be available sometime next week.

Re: Robot in 3 Days Robot Reveals

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Originally Posted by Anupam Goli (Post 1323597)

I should have been clearer.

Mechanically speaking, most, if not all, of the parts are legal and designed for implementation on FRC bots.

If you noticed though in Ri3D 1.0, they used a Sasquatch robot controller as their primary device for robot control, which is not allowed in the rules. They also used illegal electronics on last year's bot as well.

Anyway, this really isn't too relevant, as the mechanical designs and their implementations are perfectly legal.

This is true. We stayed with our original intent of the challenge: To demonstrate a mostly FIRST legal robot, utilizing efficient prototyping process, tools and techniques. We also were committed to having our systems completed and not left in unfinished state. If it weren't going to be able to implement it in time, it didn't go on the robot.

We believe strongly that if teams focus on finishing early and allowing their drive teams and programmers time with the bot they will see significant competitive advantage at their first regional. Most teams only see 1 regional, so this is a huge must for them. Teams that show up Thursday morning ready to pass inspection and practice immediately will have competitive advantage early on, unless they have the resources i.e. 2 robots or multiple Regionals to compensate for this lost time. Our team saw the equivalent of 2 weeks worth of driver practice and test and adjust utilizing these principles.

(This obviously doesn't count for rule binding things like bumpers etc... Make sure you read the rules...)

Re: Robot in 3 Days Robot Reveals

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Originally Posted by Dan Richardson (Post 1324831)

More information and CAD of the winch gearbox posted here: http://wp.me/p2Y6Na-eL

Re: Robot in 3 Days Robot Reveals

Team Ri3D has also released a 75% CAD of their intake mechanism here: http://www.robotin3days.com/ri3d-1-0-roller-intake-cad/

Team Boom Done posted the CAD of their robot as well here: http://www.robotin3days.com/team-boo...-capabilities/