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More info, pics and videos:
VexLabs

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Looks awesome. The perfect gift for that lazy college kid in your family!

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w00t ... I see those sexy Omni wheels. Can't wait till the new version of vex kit comes out.

Question for you John...

How many kits did you guys use to make that robot?

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The omni wheels will be part of a seperate accessory pack, being introduced in August. I don't know anything about a new kit version.

Kits kinda blur together... we've got lots of surplus components lying around.
It contains 6 motors, which is 2 kits worth.

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Wow, pretty cool dude. Encoders, omni-wheels, chain/sprockets. I can't wait till August.

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Simply amazing. Very nice job. With the beer and all now I suppose you can market this as a father-son project! What better way to get dad involved! j/k LOL. Anyway, a bottle is very heavy and it sure as heck isn't the easiest thing to open so I think you guys did a fantastic job.

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Wow. Beer AND Robots. Nice job John! Reverse entropy: all aspects of life combine into a single continuum!

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how many spills did you have during testing? loose any equipment because of it? Also what was your inspiration?

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Post assembly instructions and programming! I'm not going to reinvent the wheel on this one - it looks like you pretty much nailed it. The only improvement I see making is the ability to open the fridge door and grab it from the bottom shelf.

Very nice.

Sean

p.s. I'll watch for this to show up on the next episode of the Simpsons. Homer would LOVE it!

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Got any good detailed pics or vid of the actual opening mechanism?
The vid is a bit blurry, and I"m guessing that was the hardest part of all the steps?
I wonder how much force it takes to open a bottle cap...

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sweet!! don't we all wish to have a surplus of VEX parts just lying around...

hmmm so we all can get really lazy now when it comes to partying... nice job as usual...

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very cool. Quite an original and interesting task there. Unfortunately I don't have a Vex kit to build that (for coke bottles of course :yikes: ). I can't quite get the video on the site to work tho, just get a page with a bunch of random code. I really want to see that thing open a bottle!

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Man. Everyone is toiling with their Vex kits trying to get them to do pointless tasks like "stacking tetras" while John is out their working his butt off getting these things to do real manly tasks that will improve lives around the world.

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http://www.vexlabs.com/vex-ribbon-cutter.shtml
This one has some pretty sweet Vex tank treads and chain-driven, multi-stage elevator...