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Not to knock 358 for their brilliant strategy, it took some big balls to pull off (just one really :p ) but I feel it should be noted for all scouts who may see the picture that 177 continued to herd balls and narrowly win the match
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Oooohhhhh...
Big arm. :) How'd they do during the rest of the competition? |
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How'd who do? Us or them?
We went on to win the regional, they however continued to play an excellent game into the elimination rounds where I believe they made it to the semi-finals. However, I could be wrong on that. |
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Congrats. :)
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Thank you. It was an amazing day, let me tell you that.
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Hey Evan, you obviously had a reliable ball delivery system for your net. Can you give me some detail on the working of it?
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Oh, well. Glad yours worked for you. :) |
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I don't mean to be the Devil's advocate here, but don't expect to get it right your first time. I will say that 177 has tried several times to do small balls, and it took forever to finally get a system that works. A lot of it is just trying and trying till you get it to work. I'm sure you'll get it eventually.
Also, it's minor, but the polycord conveyer on our bot is actually powered by a van door motor while the basket is currently opened by a geared window motor. This may change and we may be opening the basket with vacuum because its much more forgiving. |
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I love seeing pics like these lol! I definitely want to try to see if we can do that in atlanta... it just looks so funny to me to see one robot capping another!! :p
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P.S. I dont want to be intrusive, but do you have pics of the system you have? |
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It's not intrusive. If I had pics, I'd get them for you, but alas, I couldn't find any on my computer. However, feel completely free to stop by our pit at the nationals. I'm sure anyone in our pit would be more than willing to show you all the components of our bot. Depending on who you talk to, you might just get the whole talk, from the unique and innovative vacuum to the rollers. ;D
You'll figure out the important factors in delivering the balls. I'm sure you're doing it, but you should work on developing some ideas for systems now before Atlanta so you can make them there. The thing we had the most problems with, but is probably the most important thing (or it appeared to me but what do i know? I'm only an electronics guy) is the grip on the balls. If you have a good grip, and you have a good speed kicker, you can deliver the balls fairly efficiently. If its too loose, no matter how fast your kicker is, it won't move anything. If its too tight, it will just lift your robot on top of the ball instead of kick it. Without seeing your bot, I couldn't tell you what I think is the problem and what you can do to fix it, but i'm sure you'll take a look at it and go ah hah! and get it. It happens all the time. |
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Well thank you for your help. You've been most gracious.
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