Suggestion...
 

Construct in higher quality materials to get rid of that sag your bot has.

Maybe thats just thier bumper...just made into a robot type shape to throw people off...

just kidding...that seems like a good design

Actually this looks a lot like my team's robot from last year.

http://www.startateam.com/639/pics/f...pe%20robot.jpg

Ours was made of higher quality materials though. AND OURS HAS WHEELS! :)

If you guys think that is your final design and you have only spent 3 days on it.... well I would be prepared. If you have done it this way you have probably thought your strategy out completly. Maybe make sure you have backup plans... just in case. Also make sure your robot can compare to your competition so you arent just a metal think moving around the field but being controlled by every other robot.

Well how bout this bad bot...it actually moves!!!
lol

it is our bot proto from last year for those who are wonderin

well
 

I don't know, its still mighty fast...we have less than 20 people on our team, and we are only in the planning....how many people do you have ???


Martin
907

team size
 

Martin-
We have 45 students and 5 adult mentors, all working on the project.

*SIGH*
It's foam it is not real, there is no light in the the plastic light cover there are no wheels. The frame is bent like foam would bend. It's a hoax!(or else everyone is reading it wrong). It's a good start though.

If your actual robot ends up looking exactly like the foam copy, then it would be so awesome!:)

Yes, like Patrik said, Gunn's robot is a PROTOTYPE (i.e. it is not their final robot, nor is it exactly what it will look like)! There are always kinks to work out and I'm sure (considering how well they have played and performed in the past) that that Gunn is's members are not digging themselves into a hole that they can't get out of by already having their basic design.

Also, in response to some of the people who have been asking how long it is taking some of the other teams to plan out the robot, our team, who is a second year team, is still in the initial design phase. We are, hopefully, making our final decisions on the design of the robot (and the strategy inherent in the design) this Friday (1/11). Many teams probably take longer, and some, like Gunn, do not take as long. It all depends on your team and how you function. One thing which we learned last year was not to spend to much time designing and to not limit ourselves by not talking to other teams. In other words, find a design process which works for your team and go for it. Also, DO NOT SHUT YOURSELVES IN! Discuss with other teams and ask questions, but don't reveal all of your secrets ;-).

Are you sure it's foam? :) Is it a new type of foam that for some reason does not look like real foam when its picture is taken and then uploaded on the internet? If it is, where can I get some?

foam can be painted :)

we are done
 

although not as quik as the other teams
we have finished hard prototyping and have sent parts out to be machined
not bad compared to the last two years when we did not have a viable platform unitl the middleof week four

either my kids are getting better at this and understand the process or the brand spanking new Mech Engineering program I startied is really starting to pay off

nahhhhh its the kids

dahl
team leader 497
already exhausted and miss my dogs

Wait so you are saying???
 

That you guys don't machine the robot your selves but have it done for you??? I am very disappointed (that would be an easy word)