[Ri3D] Team oRyon Presents Betelgeuse!!
 

Team oRyon Presents Betelgeuse!!

Betelgeuse is Team oRyon's entry to the Ri3D challenge for this year's FRC 2015 game, Recycle Rush. It is a low cost, simple design, competition ready (almost!!) robot that could compete in this year's game. We continued our strategy from last year in focusing on making a robot that teams without a lot of funds could build and still be very competitive. Along with the other teams completing the challenge, we feel that all of our ideas and work combined would benefit all teams for this years game. Feel free to ask any questions about our robot and design process. All of our videos are on our website and the Ri3D YouTube channel along with the other videos from the other Ri3D teams as well.

We would also like to thank our sponsors that helped us be able to be successful in completing this in the 3 day time frame.

Now that we have finished our challenge, we challenge all the other FRC teams to use the information that we shared and make some amazing robots. We can't wait to see what everyone comes up with in the next 6 weeks!!

Reveal Video: http://youtu.be/0KOSkMz1hTA

Twitter: https://twitter.com/TeamORYON

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Website: http://oryonlabs.us/

Re: [Ri3D] Team oRyon Presents Betelgeuse!!
 

Pretty Sweet!
Thanks for sharing.

I noticed you didn't have any "litter" in the stacked container(s), what would be your strategy for placing those (maybe it was mentioned somewhere and I missed it)?

I assume by the human player at the human player station before you stack it?
I suspect allot of teams are going to be doing that.

Just curious.

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Very cool video inspiring possibilities for teams!

...perhaps 6pts is not worth going for at all?

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I didn't think the containers were worth much or anything when stacked unless there was a piece of litter in it, but maybe I'm wrong.

I need to go back an re-read the game rules.

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If your tote+container stack one tote higher, it's worth the same points as a noodle in the container (maxes out at 6, though).

Also, awesome video, oRyon. Great example for teams.

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What is the wall thickness of the 2x1 Al tubing on the lift?

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If I say its name three times, will it appear in my lab?

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It's 1/8" so it's really sturdy. Probably more so than it needs to be.

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We talked about it and decided that it might be better for the human player to put the litter into the recycle because that would take time picking them up off the ground and then positioning to put in the bin. We also couldn't think of an all-in-one mechanism to pick up the litter, totes and the bin and get it built in 3 days. Hopefully some teams can come up with one in 6 weeks. :)

After discussing it all, we felt stacking totes and bins would be our primary focus because you could do that quickly and efficiently and didn't have to rely so much on the human player. Our idea is the human player could stack two totes from the human player station and we would pick those up and score them.

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Any idea what they used with the extrusion for the arm to allow for that slide motion? Is it simple bearings or something else?

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They said in one of their videos that it was part of a Competition Robotics Lift Kit. But, after some searching on the internet, I can't find it. Can anyone provide a link?

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Here it is: http://www.competitionrobotparts.com/

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The version as mounted is actually just nuts sliding in the REV extrusion. A linear slide or the rev linear motion system would work far better. It also could work with just a single pneumatic if it had a linear bearing mechanism to keep it traveling straight with out jamming.

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Why has the robot got only 4 omni wheels in a tank setup? What is the point of that? Wouldn't adding a middle wheel (H-drive) work better?

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The point is, it can turn much more easily/smoothly than a 4WD with traction tires. And without the "rocking" of a drop-center 6WD.