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that was probably the coolest bot in our regional. Great work u guys.

Is that the first or the second one?

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That thing does look really cool. How many hurdles do u get in a good match? Very nice:)

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i'm sorry this is off topic but

Strongbad!

love your avatar

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I just have a few of questions.

How many hurdles can you guys do in one match?

How fast is that arm?

How exactly do you get the ball to rest on that platform?

Isn't the robot top heavy thus, causes tipping?

You already have the ball above six feet, is your launcher just a simple thing to get the ball to move forward, or does ur launcher propel the ball even higher at an angle?

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This Pic might help with understanding how we get the balls so high up.

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/photos/31096?

I'm guessing five would be the practical limit we would acheive. I think that in our best match we did 3 so far.

The main arm is not really fast but it doesn't need to be, it only moves about 60 degrees from holding to shooting position.

The platform is on a wrist. (see the picture link at the top)

Yes and no. Yes it is top heavy but we only raise the arm when preparing to hurdle or place on the overpass so we have never tipped.

We do not raise the arm that high in a match, we get it to about 5 feet and launch the ball over the overpass, the arm manipulator can then lower the arm quickly enough so that the driver barely needs to slow down.

Thanks!

That's the second, real, robot (the one we shipped). you can tell between them by the speed holes in the gripper circle.

Thanks! :)

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cool....definitly with 118