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Not quite FIRST, but how about a R2D2 dome for a sink?

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Of course, if you have any visiting robots your bathroom may just stop responding completely :p

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2009 surface flooring
sink made from half a soccer ball (2010 & 2002)
robot status light on the back of the toilet tank
bumpers need to be used somewhere
AM wheels
pneumatic tubing---- -- - -

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Don't forget to put bumpers around the corners of the sink with your team number painted on. Each number must be 4 inches tall.

If you want to give another nod to Breakaway, you could make the sink bumpers interchangeably red and blue.

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Make the sink handles pool noodles. Wrap the Hot one in red fabric and the Cold one in blue.

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It isn't a complete sink, but mine sometimes looks like the attachment...

Greg McKaskle

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And my Formula Zero prof was worried about us eating cookies near our CRIO... I think I will forward this to them as a "status update" if you don't mind Greg?

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I must have missed that step in the instructions on cleaning the cRIO...

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Note I didn't say anything about this being good for it.

This is the controller from NItro, the tri-omni demo bot from 2008, the day before it was to be loaded onto the truck for the trip to Atlanta. Combine a new driver unfamiliar with the stick, a pile of celebratory breakfast tacos, a bowl of salsa, and suddenly you need a sink. You also need a board washer, wads of paper towels, and lots of time to reassemble and retest the robot.

But you have similar stories I'm sure.

So surely such a nice power room incorporates a lead screw somehow.

Greg McKaskle

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At least the main board is waterproof...

Back on subject: For the sink, a triangle of diamond-plate (round the front corner a bit to reduce liability insurance, maybe bend it down?) and a circular sink. The sides (or 8020 - I like that!) would be squares (or rectangles, thinking practically).

Gear reduction for the faucets would be over-the-top cool. Plain spur gears. In brass or stainless!

The Water Closet should be, well, conventional. No need to make things, uh, difficult.

Wallpaper could get interesting. Surely some picture frames, maybe 3-D frames with things like medals or other mementos.

Tissue Roll, motorized with IR or Ultrasonic 'hand' sensor.

Sam, I think you have too much time on your hands. Or you're gonna be featured in the "You know you're addicted to FIRST when..." thread. Real soon.:D

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What about towel bars or hooks?

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Yeah, just don't do it. Someday you might want to sell that house. Really. Just say no.

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1. Large rotary limit switch is the flush lever.
2. When a sensor detects a toilet user, begin audio sound effects for opening bell, autonomous mode (yikes), and the end-of-match fog horn.
3. Red and blue handles on the water faucet.
4. Flashing orange indicator light indicates when the room is occupied.
5. Toilet lid lift is assisted with 3/8" latex tubing.
6. Light fixture looks like the driver station lights with the metal cage around it. (Light bulb is red or blue.)
7. Timer limits each user to 2 minutes -15 seconds.
8. Sign on the door says "Safety First!", with a bin of safety glasses on the wall.
9. Light switch is the 120 amp circuit breaker.
10. Seems like a joystick should be in there somewhere, but I'm afraid to think of where.

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I was looking for a scene I once saw on Gomer Pyle where he got all the latrine seats to lift to salute, but instead I found an idea for the seat and for the sink
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4A72CCYx8uc&NR=1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-Tff8wrWJ0&NR=1

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I don't know about the automation but an old IFI controller for decoration would be cool.


Me likey the gear reduction faucet idea.

I was thinking about one wall out of regolith.

Excellent idea.