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Found this stuff on the X-Cat's site. Looks pretty cool.

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Yup that's ours.
Not sure if the muzzle wil stay.
Check the photo album for the robot progress and the videos for working components.

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This is what she looks like now (this is the prototype. The duct tape will be replaced).
She is working quite well.
Hope to shoot some video from the Wednesday meeting.

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are those Vex Gears on the shooter?

Looks pretty cool, being done this early will mean a lot of practise time, meaning a great drive team. Awesome job guys

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Yep, those are Vex gears.
Like I said, this one is the prototype which will be used for practice. The actually robot is being built up in another part of the site.

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Wow, that is a really awesome design. I can't wait to see it in action at FLR.

Is the lexan shielding an extendible blocker?

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No that's the ball drop.

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having any problems jamming? the two lanes meeting to feed in the shooter look especially hairy. Other than that is looks great! :]

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Cant wait to see it at FLR

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Are you guys planning on being a the Rochester Rally?

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Well we weighed in at 115#, so far so good. Just hope the final one will be alittle lighter.

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Yea, We'll be there.

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Hey, that looks like a mini Adrienne behind the lexan! :p

Looks like you guys are doing great, can't wait to see everyone at FLR!!

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Oh that's what you call her. ;)
We call her The Weapon of Mass Destruction .She nearly took out three girls, including my all-star animator. Thank God she's so tiny. :D

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WOW! :eek: That is one neat design. :ahh: :yikes:

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She is one compact little package.

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interesting! (i'll be stopping by next weekend with my camera crew to make a documentray on your robot this year :^)

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ANd here I thought you'd be comming by to pick up your baby. She piled over in the corner forgotten and unloved.

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Tis Greg's baby. and more like my cousin, i know it, love it but don't own it.
MY baby is still in the process comcepting stage. and it will be a 3lber. watch out. :p

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Three pounds?
That wouldn't even qualify for Lego League!

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yes, but i'd be willing to bet it could rip a Lego 'bot to shreds...i've seen those things, and they can be fiece (think doberman the size of a chiuahua)

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ooooooooooooo i like the way that looks

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Very nice looking robot, kinda reminds me of good ole Sunny D, redone. I wish you guys luck this year, it looks great.

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This is how she looks now.
She almost done.


We took X-WhAAAt!!! out of storage to spar with our practice bot X-O Uh-Oh! After watching the Winter Warzone and watching offensive effcient bots get beat down that we needed to get good at dealing with physical interaction with taller bots.
I took video of all the fun as well.

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well, for you guys over at 191, heres what our bot looks like as of friday:

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So it's ready for the field in Penfield tomorrow then?

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yeah, as far as i know. we're meeting tomorrow at 8 to fix a couple problems like coding and attaching the lexan sides....

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Our CAD page explaining our robots components is now up.
Check it out!

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I see me a X-Cat bot today!

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Well we were pretty happy with the performance of the little bot today at the Rochester Rally. It performed pretty consistently and we were able to test and make shots from every starting position without the use of the Camera ( since it was cut off to be placed on the Final bot) For a bunch of parts hobbed together with a bunch of c-clamps and a lot of duct tape it was working well on field of competitors.

Ellery

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Here is video of X-O X-Cat (actually our practice bot X-O Uh Oh) practicing with X-WhAAAt!!! at our site.

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Ed,

I didnt get a close look at the 191 bot at FLL, but watching it on the field it looked like the ball was being launched by a catapult arm

but all the photos here have shooter wheels

whats the story? did the arm only feed the wheels to shoot the ball, or did you guys have a last minute scramble re-design?!

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The catapult lifts the ball into the shooter.