pic: 527's TORk
 

Re: pic: 527's TORk
 

Above is Team 527's TORk...our robot for 2004. The wiring needs to be cleaned up a little, but all the major components have been tested and seem to work effectively. Extra points for anyone who can guess how that skinny little arm can lift our robot. (Hint: What seems out of place in that picture?)

Re: pic: 527's TORk
 

Well obvuiusly the cylinder looks out of place, I still don't see how this all works.

Re: pic: 527's TORk
 

I'm guessing with the empty bracket, cylinder, and all that wiring that there will be more to it. I like the goal hook, definitely something other robots might have to watch out for on the field. :p

Re: pic: 527's TORk
 

Nope...that picture shows all major component in place...although there is one small "thing" missing that would make it more clear what exactly the big cylinder does. Next hint: That's not the goal hook, that's the pole hook.

Re: pic: 527's TORk
 

I suspect you're using some sort of clever cable-based linkage to allow you to rapidly extend and retract the arm to interact with the bar.

Re: pic: 527's TORk
 

Hey is that the name of your bot? That was the name of our bot last year!! Haha. What school are you guys from? Which regionals are you going to?

Re: pic: 527's TORk
 

Hey - didn't mean to steal your name - it was unintentional. Anyway, we're a third-year team from Plainedge HS, which is in N. Massapequa on Long Island. We go to the SBPLI Regional. I actually came up with that name after several other (less favorable) suggestions including "Six Pack" (even though we now have just four wheels), "Kill Switch", and "The Juice." Was yours spelled with the "k" too?

Anyway here is our lifting method revealed:
That extrusion arm is rotated to vertical pneumatically (a cylinder out of view). Then, a cable-pully-winch system telescopes the arm to the right height. The winch itself doesn't have enough power to lift the robot. That's where that huge cylinder comes in. It has a steel cable that attaches directly to the top extrusion (the one with the hook) and pulls it down (or, pulls the rest of the robot up). The arm doubles (triples?) as a big-ball-knocker-outer and a small-yellow-ball-getter-offer (if we ever get our autonomous down).

The result: (sorry for the low-quality image)

Re: pic: 527's TORk
 

We have some video up now. I don't know if it will work b/c it's supposed to be restricted, but here it is anyway:

http://www.plainedgeschools.org/hsro...the_ground.wmv

Re: pic: 527's TORk
 

Ok, i believe you. Actually ours was spelled Tork, with the oppisite caps so i guess its "different" Were in San Jose, CA and are in the Sacramento and Silicon Valley regionals. Unless you have some west coast contacts ;). Our bots caps (doesnt seem theres many of us :)). Anyways, good luck!
-Jackson