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Matthew Lang 18-02-2014 20:25

610 Presents: Stingray
 
Hi CD,

Over the past 3 days, Jordan Grant and Jacob Kachura, two seniors on 610, have worked tirelessly to produce this reveal video for our robot, Stingray.

EDIT: New link with minor modifications

Lots of thanks to our mentors for their patience and perseverance over the past six weeks. We will be competing at GTRW, North Bay, and Championships (pre-qualifying from last season).

Feel free to ask questions, we will answer them all this time.

jsasaki 18-02-2014 20:31

Re: 610 Presents: Stingray
 
video wont play :(

Akash Rastogi 18-02-2014 20:31

Re: 610 Presents: Stingray
 
That intake is one of the best I've seen so far.

Very impressive everything, including a great video and a great song!

Best of luck! :)

n1ckd2012 18-02-2014 20:32

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Most impressive!

Can you provide some insight as to why chose your collector design over a BoomDone collector?

Is your catapult cocked and released with a 550 and a giant Cam?

wilsonmw04 18-02-2014 20:36

Re: 610 Presents: Stingray
 
interesting song choice for a school based team.

Jay O'Donnell 18-02-2014 20:56

Re: 610 Presents: Stingray
 
So far, this is my favorite robot that I've seen from the reveal videos. Very creative intake design.

Karthik 18-02-2014 21:00

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Akash Rastogi (Post 1345596)
Very impressive everything, including a great video and a great song!

Seconded. This is a video, like 118's last year, that I could picture being shown on MTV. Great work.

cmrnpizzo14 18-02-2014 21:04

Re: 610 Presents: Stingray
 
Welp, there back.

Great bot, I love the huge cradle you have on the catapult. I'm assuming it catches very well because of it. Looks like it has solid drivers as usual.

jamierose 18-02-2014 21:05

Re: 610 Presents: Stingray
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by n1ckd2012 (Post 1345597)
Most impressive!

Can you provide some insight as to why chose your collector design over a BoomDone collector?

Is your catapult cocked and released with a 550 and a giant Cam?


That's exactly how our catapult is fired, although it is geared down quite a bit, as you might expect.

As for your first question, we found that our current style of intake is incredibly effective. It might not be that clear from the video, but if the ball even barely touches our intake rollers from almost any direction, it's in the robot. It may look different from the BoomDone design, but I can pretty much guarantee that it is just as effective, if not more so.

GBilletdeaux930 18-02-2014 21:14

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Quote:

Originally Posted by jamierose (Post 1345618)
As for your first question, we found that our current style of intake is incredibly effective. It might not be that clear from the video, but if the ball even barely touches our intake rollers from almost any direction, it's in the robot. It may look different from the BoomDone design, but I can pretty much guarantee that it is just as effective, if not more so.

Why the wrists? I am not seeing any benefit to being able to be either straight or angled. Judging from other robots, both work just as effectively. Could you just not decide?

jamierose 18-02-2014 21:17

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Quote:

Originally Posted by GBilletdeaux930 (Post 1345625)
Why the wrists? I am not seeing any benefit to being able to be either straight or angled. Judging from other robots, both work just as effectively. Could you just not decide?

The angled configuration is used for picking up the ball and carrying it around without letting it fall out of the robot. The straight configuration is mostly used when shooting so the intake doesn't interfere with the ball or the catapult, but we also use it when catching.

s_forbes 18-02-2014 21:20

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I really dig the fingers, clever intake mechanism!

jamierose 18-02-2014 21:27

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Quote:

Originally Posted by s_forbes (Post 1345630)
I really dig the fingers, clever intake mechanism!

We actually call them the "eyebrows". What we call the "fingers" are small attachments at the top of the shooter that allow us to modify the angle and length of the shooter without modifying the entire shooter itself.

It's easiest to see them in the black and white shot at 2:02/2:03 on the right side of the shooter. They're the transparent bits that stick out the end.

Duncan Macdonald 18-02-2014 21:45

Re: 610 Presents: Stingray
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by GBilletdeaux930 (Post 1345625)
Why the wrists? I am not seeing any benefit to being able to be either straight or angled. Judging from other robots, both work just as effectively. Could you just not decide?

It was a conscious decision. The benefits include pinching action to hold ball securely and the ability to shoot between between the intake arms without exposing them outside the bumper. I'm sure a detailed closeup of the intake arms will be coming soon, hopefully with the different design revisions. They are designed to be hit or sideswiped and pop back into shape as well as acquire the ball quickly.

Nathan Streeter 18-02-2014 21:54

Re: 610 Presents: Stingray
 
Great looking robot and video! Looks like it has had time for tuning and practicing... which I'm sure will be as big a difference-maker as ever! Best of luck this season!

We enjoyed the chance you guys got to come down to GSR for its final year... it is a shame that the district model currently closes off borders!


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