Team 1477 Submission
 

Well, this is my first ever entry to the FIRST Inventor Design competition... but I've been doing Inventor work for about three years now (its my Senior year now, and I've actually got a job at a biofuels company doing their mockups and models).

Anyways, this whole work is a solo effort, nobody on my team knows how to use this software. I had the benifit to be at Francis Tuttle PreEngineering Academy for my sophomore year of school before moving away (I think they are team 1561), so I've actually had some formal training (though all the wiring and a lot else is new to me).

Here's a smaller, low res pictures, click the link below it for a different angle and much much higher res.



Different, higher res angle
http://img442.imageshack.us/img442/9...ositiontn6.jpg

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That looks very nice.

I predict you WILL be in the top 5

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oh wow.. looks amazing!

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Could you post a smaller picture? My computer is having a hard time with downloading it.

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Certainly.

Now I've got a new, different, and smaller integrated picture with a link to the orignal.

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Thanks. Now that this junk computer downloads it so I can see it, that is awesome. I can't wait to see it in action. Hopefully somebody posts videos of all the matches. Can't remember where I saw it last year.

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I think Northside Roboteers just won the Lone Star Inventor Award ! WOW

I haven't seen any 1477 videos ? links ?

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Hmmmmmm... It seems our team hasn't uploaded any videos, though we took some. I'll see what I can do about hosting some for you guys to see.

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Awsome! The lighting is among the best I have seen. Although the green balls just grab the attention away from you beutiful electrical and pneumatic systems. Are the supposed to be tennis balls?

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That's really quite impressive. Wires look nice, and excellent choice of lighting. Is that a custom style, or one of the Inventor 2008 presets?

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The lighting is an edited take on "Display" lighting, so about half and half, the lighting levels were adjusted as were positions. The color gradient is custom as well. I'm currently workin' on some wallpaper/print-worthy colorations and such... as well as getting some videos of it in action.

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Still workin' on the videos, but our team has made some wallpapers for our members if they want 'em, kinda as a reminder of the competition comin' up. So... no harm in postin' em here as well. Enjoy. Or don't.

Standard Width
Green
http://img181.imageshack.us/img181/4...nnormalhe8.jpg
Blue
http://img523.imageshack.us/img523/1...enormalii1.jpg

Widescreen
Green
http://img181.imageshack.us/img181/2...eenwidebn4.jpg
Blue
http://img404.imageshack.us/img404/6531/bluewideve2.jpg

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First off, this is an amazing render. The fact that you did this all by yourself is nothing short of incredible, and I expect that you'll be picking up a fair amount of hardware this season for your efforts.

On the bad news side of things, is it just me, or does this robot look to be substantially longer than 80" in the down position? I'm thinking that from the left tennis ball to the rear right corner must be at least 100", and it doesn't even have bumpers yet.

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Well, the submissions are already up on FirstBase sorta, so here's the rest of the renders I used. You can see a bit more wiring and such.

http://img442.imageshack.us/img442/2...traisedpw7.jpg
http://img524.imageshack.us/img524/1...cessiblbp7.jpg

Oh, btw, here's some videos. Idk why they have the crappy ones up... probably to let peoples defenses down? Idk. Anyways, http://northsideroboteers.org/?page_name=video

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love the zip ties:D

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I'm soooo happy someone noticed that. The zipties were pretty last minute on my part... but I couldn't leave em off... same with all the nuts on all of the bolts, its just not right to have one without the other.

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I was happily perusing the submissions and I must say yours caught my eye. You say you did it solo? That is incredible, I have to add my own predictions of success for your entry, very impressive!

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I'll add a link to the full submission as soon as I find how to edit my post... the edit button seems to be MIA at the moment.


Team 1477 Entry

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Very nicely done. As a CAD professional I am very impressed with the quality of the work. The reflective plane and lighting are very well done.

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Whoooo hooo!

We won our Lone Star regional and we won a design control innovation award, and in the process our lead mentor (and my Physics and also Electronics teacher) made himself look like he's crying and hollering in the Houston Chronicle. Hahah.

http://www.chron.com/community/photo...l_contest.html

Just scroll over a dozen or so the guys with the white shirts with the red/blue/white circles in the middle... you can't miss 'em.

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VERY nice! Chain, bolts, even dangling wires/hoses! Totally Realistic!

Great job, I hope you guys win. This is the best thing I've seen so far! :yikes:

-q

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i am in awe man... i've been starin at this picture for the last like 10 mins. I wish i was that good. And all by yourself, jeez.

Awsome Job!

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Hehe... seems we won the Bayou Regional as well...
http://www.thebluealliance.net/tbatv/team.php?team=1477

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Hey,
I really like your robot and the CAD model and am glad you did so well.
One thing made me curious though. Your forks look very, very long. When they are level, how long are they? Aren't they interfering with the 80 inch cylinder? I tried to measure it in Inventor because I am really interested in it. They were both 87 inches? Do I make any mistake there?
I hope you get into the finals, well, I am pretty sure actually. Congrats to your wins...

Chris
Team 1983 - The Skunkworks
Autodesk Inventor Design Team

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Well oddly enough nobody caught that 80 inch thing... even me.. probably becaues once I finished the arm I turned it off and removed it from the assembly so as to make my computer not die as fast... It brought 3gb of ddr2, a 3.0ghz q6600, and 8800gts, all oc'd, to its knees. So.. by the time anyone realized it (first person being someone earlier in the thread, lol), it was already rendered and sent. However, we did actually chop the "tusks" (as we call them) down so that the part parallel to the floor is significantly shorter, and also inside the 80in cylinder.

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dang man! i didn't know we had such an awesome submission!

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You are so lucky to have a job as senior in high school working in CAD. I will graduating this May with my A.A.S in drafting and I wish I had job doing models. Keep up the good work :D

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You should have been on the top 5....I don't know what happened there.

I know what happened with us...but not you guys

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Do you think it was because of your difference in CAD submitted ?

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Hey Aceanuu,
congratulations from me (and Team 1983) for your "Best Use of Professional Modules" Phillie. It is very well deserved! I will probably come over during the competition...your model is awesome! I was seriously surprised you didn't make the finals! But there will be a next year...and I know for sure your robot's gonna rock! Good luck during the competition

Chris
Team 1983 - The Skunkworks!