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Re: Team 1114 Presents Simbot Steve

Karthik, I forgot to ask, but what's the dealio with the plastic cups on the side of your bot?

Re: Team 1114 Presents Simbot Steve

Dustin,

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Originally Posted by Karthik (Post 1040157)

It's actually a plastic cup. We have two on the robot that house lights that are used to give feedback to the coach, drivers and human player regarding tube status.

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I'm digging the fishing rod Karthik.

Clever solution to the hardstop for the roller claw. Definitely easier, cleaner, lighter than our aluminum piece.

-Brando

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Why so many claws? All the better to eat tubes with?

http://www.simbotics.org/media/galle...ld-season/2956

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Such a slick looking bot. Like every year, truly an inspirational robot.

I can't wait to see a video! The pictures are nice, but I want to see this robot in action. I'm super interested to see the 0.6 second floor-to-ground and the minibot.

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Nice robot 1114, wish 222 could have came to play with you guys at Pittsburgh. :)

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Originally Posted by rsisk (Post 1040179)

Hi Karthik,

Was reading the description of your robot on 1114's web site. Could you describe how the counterbalance works on the lift?

Thanks!

Counterbalanced by a 5kg constant force spring

We mounted the spool of the 5 kg constant force spring to a shaft which is attached to the first stage of the elevator, which is fixed to the base of our robot. The other end of the spring is attached to the second stage of the elevator. When the elevator is in the down position, the spring is extended. The spring pulls up on the elevator, thus counter balancing its weight. The stages of the of lift are linked together directly, as opposed to a continuous cascading drive, thus it takes twice as much force on the second stage to lift the 3rd stage (the roller claw), making a 5 kg spring necessary.

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Originally Posted by Duncan Macdonald (Post 1040182)

Is there any video of this past weekend floating around yet? I have a hunch a still picture doesn't do this robot justice.

None that I've seen yet, but I'm sure the Pittsburgh Regional folks will be archiving their webcast somewhere.

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Originally Posted by Brandon Holley (Post 1040196)

I'm digging the fishing rod Karthik.

Clever solution to the hardstop for the roller claw. Definitely easier, cleaner, lighter than our aluminum piece.

Plus, the last time we used a fishing rod on our robot things worked out pretty well. http://www.simbotics.org/media/galle...mpionship/2137

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Originally Posted by Akash Rastogi (Post 1040201)

Why so many claws? All the better to eat tubes with?

http://www.simbotics.org/media/galle...ld-season/2956

Our philosophy is that you can never have enough spares. You never know when someone will snap your arm off.

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Originally Posted by Akash Rastogi (Post 1040201)

Why so many claws? All the better to eat tubes with?

http://www.simbotics.org/media/galle...ld-season/2956

2007.

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Originally Posted by Karthik (Post 1040230)

None that I've seen yet, but I'm sure the Pittsburgh Regional folks will be archiving their webcast somewhere.

I've heard tell that I'll be getting a DVD copy of the FIRST feed from the regional at some point soon - hopefully this week.

First person who agrees to chop it up and get it on TBA gets a copy.

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I noticed in some of the pics on your site that during a couple(or one) match(es) that you had on blue bumpers when your alliance partners had on blue. Did your red ones break or something?

Also this is an awesome looking bot. I wish I able to go to some comps this year and check them all out. Maybe next year...

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Awesome. Can't wait to see this one up close. Loving the use of the FP gears, fishing pole, beer cups. You guys always seem to have some system that has that hand made feeling.

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Beautiful machine as always. Can't wait to see it in person in St. Louis. Good luck in Waterloo and Toronto.

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Karthik,
Awesome robot, once again Simbotics set the bar high right off the bat! I wish we could have deployed the minibot you lent us, your team was extremely helpfully in helping us tune our deployment arm, especially Todd and Brandon - we just couldn't pull it off on the field.... Also thanks for picking 3492 as a defensive robot, you guys taught them about teamwork and coopitition, in spades! BTW, they were able to raise the funds for St. Louis - thanks for giving them the opportunity!

Travis,
I would be happy to parse the DVD for you and load it onto TBA, let me know if you need my help!

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So excited to see this robot in person at Waterloo!

Great work (as usual) Simbots!

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1114, what an amazing robot!!! After competing with you at the Pittsburgh regional, you once again set the bar extremely high for other FIRST teams. You are truly an inspiration for everyone involved in the robotics community. 1629 students thoroughly enjoyed joining forces with you for one of the seeding matches. Their first reponse when they came back to our pit was, "They are the nicest people and team we have ever come up with strategy with." Keep up the great work, and we hope to see you in St. Louis!!!