Team 675 Kicker
 

Here is team 675's kicker as of yesterday night.

check it out :D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UF1_6EqdhYU

Re: Team 675 Kicker
 

It looks really cool, but is your team going to add something onto your robot that'll limit how far the ball will go in? Cause throughout the video I kept thinking that the ball would go into your robot a lot more than three inches.

Re: Team 675 Kicker
 

Yeah that surgical tubing was only a temporary fix, we are currently machining the stop as we speak. As well as adding the motors and transmissions etc. lol

Re: Team 675 Kicker
 

Lol alright, cool. I figured that's what your team was doing, but just wanted to make sure. :D

Re: Team 675 Kicker
 

Nope, i agree I'd rather be safe than sorry.

Re: Team 675 Kicker
 

Are those mechanum wheels on your proto?

Re: Team 675 Kicker
 

What kind of cylinders are you using? It did not look like the bimba cylinders and also how do you have the air line plumbed, Ionly see one line going to each cylinder. Very nice job.

Re: Team 675 Kicker
 

Spring return cylinders I would imagine? Looks good! Very similar to our kicker design, it makes me confident to see it work so well!

Re: Team 675 Kicker
 

The kicker looks really nice. Are you planning on using a roller? Also are you going to have variable firing distance with the kicker?

Re: Team 675 Kicker
 

Te respond to all of you.

They are Bimbas last time i checked, we ordered these this season I believe.

For the purposes of testing it was just our shops air flow which is maxed out at about 120 psi, but we took it down to 60. We will have a compressor and 2 solenoids for the cylinders to make sure that it continues to work as shown.

Last but not least those are mecanum wheels. and its not our prototype, that is actually our final chassis minus a few key components, transmissions, endgame piece, etc.

Re: Team 675 Kicker
 

THe variable distance is based off of at the moment, top spin and back spin.
Top provides the aired shots, and back allows the ground shots. both shot about 16-22 or so. But to answer variance it could be as easy just adjusting the amount of pressure we take from our compressor. I'll get back to you when i know more details

Re: Team 675 Kicker
 

the only prolem i see is that u only have a kicker. no ball controll, no motors, no movement, running out of time and thats all u have done. you should try rethink the whole idea of spending 3 weeks on a kicker and 3 weeks of strees to finnish the frame, motors, mounting all of ur equipment. you have alot t do.

were done with our robot but we like ur kicker so thanks for the design
:D :D :D :D

Re: Team 675 Kicker
 

I appreciate and understand what you are saying, but this is not our first rodeo. I don't know how your intending to come off as, but That wasn't exactly the best display of gracious professionalism. To clarify, most of the robot just wasn't on the chassis. Electronics, the motors and transmissions, The ball controller, are all off of the robot during this test. We have been able to successfully do things during build season the past 10 years. I appreciate your concern but we are going to be just fine. I hope that you do well during this season. Out of curiosity I would very much like to see your robot. you are welcome for design as well.

Re: Team 675 Kicker
 

What are the specs on the actuators?

Re: Team 675 Kicker
 

Those are bimba cylinders with 5 inch stroke. and 1 and 1/16 inch bore.

Re: Team 675 Kicker
 

Looks effective, but I think kick mechanisms on the wide side have a big advantage over narrow side kickers. Wide side kick robots can block a goal effectively and still kick the ball(s) away from the goal. With a narrow side kicker, you can either go wide side to the goal to play best defense, then not be able to kick balls away as the come in to you, or play narrow side to the goal and leave more of the goal exposed. Of course, our team has built a narrow side kicker so take that for what it's worth. Sometimes you do the best with what you have, and enjoy the experience.

Re: Team 675 Kicker
 

I think it remains to be seen.
I really dont think it will have as much an impact compared to driver skills and drive systems.
You can only possess 1 ball at a time, whether you're a wide bot or not.

Re: Team 675 Kicker
 

May I ask: if you weren't using the KoP solenoid valves for the video, what were you using?


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Re: Team 675 Kicker
 

Agree. Maneuverability will be plus, as always.

Nice job team 675...the mecanums are nice too. Good luck!