Team 58 Beta Bot
 

Introducing our Beta Bot for 2014. Final is being assembled as we speak.



http://youtu.be/xDfx12Rh6WQ

Re: Team 58 Beta Bot
 

I think you forgot something :-)

Re: Team 58 Beta Bot
 

Gentlemen... BEHOLD!

Re: Team 58 Beta Bot
 

This is a cool robot. Excited to see your final build!

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This is a very interesting design. i look forward to seeing the final bot.

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Very innovative design (which you guys seem to excel at!)! Best of luck tweaking it and competing with it!

I'll hopefully be volunteering at UNH... I look forward to seeing you guys compete there!

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How are you powering those intake rollers? Cant be a separate motor. If so how did you wire it with that arm going round and round?
All in all a very cool and innovative design.

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I'm willing to bet that the motor powering the intake rollers isn't on the arm. They're probably using a concentric shaft much like many swerve modules.

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Collector wheels are powered via passive spool on shooter axle

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What?

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Niiiiiiice

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My guess:

They're using a live axle to turn the arm and have a timing belt pulley on that axle that drives the intake wheels. The pulley is mounted on bearings so that it can spin independently of the arm axle.

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That would be my guess too. Just a really weird way to phrase it.

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Been said, we talk funny up here