Breaking robots
 

I'm actually going to agree with Walter here. If you read the rules, it states that robots should be made to endure. Ramming is going to be a very large part of this game, and any robots out there should EXPECT to be rammed if they are at the top of the ramp. If their robot breaks, it is their fault, because controlling the top of the ramp is 61's strategy. Unfortunately, 61 is NOT in our regional, lets just say they would not be pushing us off the top of the ramp, ever. . . .

Many teams have said just that. We have not run into a robot yet that has stop our power. They have slowed us down but not have stop us.


Power is going to play a big part this year.

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/pi...&quiet=verbose


Just beware of the power. and by the way we are only 9" high the center of gravity is great only 3 " off the ground.


There is not much that can go wrong on this robot. So we have to find some other way to spend or time in the pits. :D

Looking forward to seeing team 61 at Regionals.;)

EGO??

stole the words right out of my mouth- seems like everyone is saying "You can't push us around" .. Theoretically, everyone will be pushed around except for one robot, so the bragging rights belong to last year's pusher- Beatty..

Even Beatty got beat so noone should brag until they bring home the hardware. This is a new season so as far as I care a rookie could be the most strongest bot. Right now this is all a bunch of talk we will find out tomorrow (in Quincy) and at the Regionals whether teams that have been talking can walk the walk. 99% of the time they can't.

well, i'd probably put it at 75%, but otherwise I would agree.
And even the best bots break every now and again.

since when is aluminum invincible?

there's a difference between team spirit and being pompous. i've seen a few teams that are being very arrogant in their comments, and making very absurd predictions. for example, not being able to be pushed around. unless you can take another robot from another team and ram your bot, you don't know. human power is nowhere near that of a bot. another example is their bot being "perfect" and not needing to work on it. there's ALWAYS room for improvement.

lastly, i would like to say that your bot looks nice, but i'm sure it has its weakspots just like any other bot.

*jeremy

Time to cry =( Ya'll will find out! Mr.Norton will be posting soon =(

please try to hold back crys or joy

The only problem we see this year are the bins. Were in the rules say you can't try to go under the bar just because there is a bin in front of you. We hit a bin at Qunicy mini-meet and we stop short of making the bin go under the bar. are robot has enough power to push the bins under the bar. some of the bins will bend and others will go in many pieces. Is it the fault of the robot trying to get to the other side or is it the fault of this year game using something that will break under high loads.

I really hope they have a lot of bins.

One other thing I hope the other robot protect there robot good. one arm start at 7" off the ground and the other at 8 1/2" off the ground. we did not play against any of the robot at this meet because of the thought of breaking them before they had to be shipped.


So please protect and cover everything up.

Our robot is made to push a lot of bins, if another robot comes in contact with the arms, the arms will go through the robot if the robot is not protected.

We have to cut more gears because the gears we are using out of Stainless steel 1/2" twisted. You can see the out put power of this robot has. We will be trying to use stronger steel.

it is nice to have a machine that cut your own gears. We have gone through 4 set of gears already because of the power problem.

we will see everybody down in FL.

Sooo....what you saying is you robot hit robot...no....robot hit you robot...no...I dont now. :D

sorry i was stuck in norton neanderthal mode

team 61 you r robot gods i bow down to your mastery of the electrical arts and yo u r superb electrical skills




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