The Octabot: Unveiling Rookie Team 2543's Robot
 

Our robot...


The mysterious box... hmm...


hehehe... i really wish we left our crate like this =]


Everyone at the expo seemed to compliment the fact that a rookie team got a robot to move, haha. We're still working on last minute things of course, so...
what do you think?

Re: The Octabot: Unveiling Rookie Team 2543's Robot
 

Nice! We're a rookie team too, but we couldn't get our robot to look as awesome as that. Nice job! (OMG - Is that an omni-drive?)

Re: The Octabot: Unveiling Rookie Team 2543's Robot
 

No, actually we have two big wheels separately controlled by different joysticks on our controller.

Yay rookie teams! haha

Re: The Octabot: Unveiling Rookie Team 2543's Robot
 

Rookie teams FTW!

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i guess it isn't as cool as i thought.... poo.

='[

Re: The Octabot: Unveiling Rookie Team 2543's Robot
 

What do you mean?

Re: The Octabot: Unveiling Rookie Team 2543's Robot
 

Our girl's team's robot looks almost exactly the same, except theirs is twelve sided :D

Re: The Octabot: Unveiling Rookie Team 2543's Robot
 

It looks nice, but what does it do?

Re: The Octabot: Unveiling Rookie Team 2543's Robot
 

I'm guessing it awes you with its greatness, so while everyone is staring at it, they get a ton of laps.

Being serious, it looks to me like a great "run around really fast and get lots of laps" robot.

Re: The Octabot: Unveiling Rookie Team 2543's Robot
 

Then what's with the pole and pneumatic tubing? If it was just supposed to drive around, why would it need pneumatics?

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Thats true. I just don't see a claw or grabber...maybe I need glasses.

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Haha, yeah...
I'm guessing that they have something that shoots up & knocks the ball off.

Re: The Octabot: Unveiling Rookie Team 2543's Robot
 

a nonrectangle bot yah

Re: The Octabot: Unveiling Rookie Team 2543's Robot
 

awesome control box!

the "mysterious box" can be seen open in the first pic...
With a Playstation Joystick coming out! awesome!!!!

-Leaqv

Re: The Octabot: Unveiling Rookie Team 2543's Robot
 

It is indeed a lap bot. The pneumatic arm is to knock the balls off in both the begining 15 seconds in a hybrid controled mode, and at the end when other teams try to put theirs back on top. It is controlled via an X-Box 360 controler.