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Forum: Robot Showcase 22-12-2003, 01:55
Replies: 3
Views: 2,186
Posted By jburstein
Re: pic: Planetary Gearset

there aren't pneumatics in any slushbox that I'm aware of--it's called a slushbox precisely because it's hydraulic (well ok, so no it isn't... that's because of the aforementioned power-sucking...
Forum: Technical Discussion 21-12-2003, 15:58
Replies: 13
Views: 1,232
Posted By jburstein
Re: Worn Shifting Dogs

You seem to have gotten a lot replies but few answers. :D I'm not an expert, but I think the answer is yes, there is the potential for quite a bit of shock load on the dog as it engages. There...
Forum: General Forum 19-04-2003, 05:47
Replies: 17
Views: 1,660
Posted By jburstein
anyone else ever feel tempted to forget all about...

anyone else ever feel tempted to forget all about the human player boxes and just go run up the ramp and into the stack?

I know i did...the amazing part is that I never did it...*sigh* great...
Forum: General Forum 17-04-2003, 02:10
Replies: 22
Views: 4,149
Posted By jburstein
The Goals of FIRST

FIRST was created to motivate "young people to pursue opportunities in science, technology and engineering." They have clearly been succesful in this goal, as Dean loves to point out there are...
Forum: Championship Event 17-04-2003, 00:45
Replies: 46
Views: 4,595
Posted By jburstein
192- definitely one of the coolest bots there,...

192- definitely one of the coolest bots there, and student built pride!! All Palo Alto robots are student built... although ours has a more authentic broke-$@#$@#$@#-student-robot look since our...
Forum: Extra Discussion 13-04-2003, 23:11
Replies: 9
Views: 2,372
Posted By jburstein
overuse=dead battery, or, more likely, a joke and...

overuse=dead battery, or, more likely, a joke and the thing was really just turned off as suggested above.
Forum: General Forum 13-04-2003, 23:06
Replies: 52
Views: 5,013
Posted By jburstein
LA regional this year- we're coming down the ram...

LA regional this year- we're coming down the ram with our arm raised when a wedge shaped robot runs into us head on. Our driver made the mistake of continuing forward, and because our arm was raised...
Forum: General Forum 13-04-2003, 21:44
Replies: 27
Views: 4,532
Posted By jburstein
They use such horribly complex scoring systems to...

They use such horribly complex scoring systems to give the rookies a fighting chance. My guess is that in order to retain teams they want the rookies not to get trounced over and over, so they...
Forum: Championship Event 13-04-2003, 21:21
Replies: 23
Views: 2,698
Posted By jburstein
what i want to know is how much advantage do you...

what i want to know is how much advantage do you get by adding motors beyond 2 per side (if you're doing tank drive)? It seems to me that no matter how carefully you calculate your gearing there'll...
Forum: General Forum 03-04-2003, 00:07
Replies: 20
Views: 2,893
Posted By jburstein
MVRT also got themselves tipped over nearly every...

MVRT also got themselves tipped over nearly every time they tried to cross the bridge with a stack. I saw them in 5 or so matches and they got tipped in 3 of them, and only narrowly avoided it in...
Forum: Technical Discussion 24-02-2003, 00:33
Replies: 21
Views: 1,741
Posted By jburstein
the major problem with the "cool in a...

the major problem with the "cool in a can" solution is that if applied to a hot motor, that stuff can actually cause your permanent magnets to crack (IE render your motors useless)...

On the other...
Forum: Robot Showcase 24-02-2003, 00:11
Replies: 47
Views: 12,902
Posted By jburstein
these guys were CLEARLY not students- but as i...

these guys were CLEARLY not students- but as i said it was last year, so may have the wrong team...
Forum: Robot Showcase 24-02-2003, 00:03
Replies: 47
Views: 12,902
Posted By jburstein
perhaps I am wrong, and if so I apologize, but I...

perhaps I am wrong, and if so I apologize, but I believe 810 was the team last year that had a I saw with 4 middle-aged balding guys all by themselves repairing the robot at nationals last year. The...
Forum: Robot Showcase 23-02-2003, 15:45
Replies: 3
Views: 1,763
Posted By jburstein
actually you know where they really use that...

actually you know where they really use that belting? It's used for the up and downhill sections of the luggage-conveyors at the airports.

It's great stuff as especially when it's only on 2 wheels,...
Forum: Robot Showcase 23-02-2003, 15:17
Replies: 47
Views: 12,902
Posted By jburstein
Your robot suffers from the WORST case of...

Your robot suffers from the WORST case of "engineer takeover" I have ever seen. It's a very cool robot, but it's just to bad that the stundents didn't have a hand in designing/building it.
Forum: General Forum 23-02-2003, 15:01
Replies: 496
Views: 67,338
Posted By jburstein
engraved razor blades.

engraved razor blades.
Forum: Robot Showcase 18-02-2003, 16:58
Replies: 10
Views: 3,442
Posted By jburstein
gee- i've seen that exact wheel setup before. ...

gee- i've seen that exact wheel setup before. Like on our robot last year, and on this year's robot too before we moved on to new and better things. Seriously the only difference between your...
Forum: Programming 16-02-2003, 16:27
Replies: 17
Views: 1,714
Posted By jburstein
if you're using drill motors for drive then what...

if you're using drill motors for drive then what you can do is remove the pins from the clutch. There are plenty papers out there on how to do this. The pins prevent the motors from being...
Forum: General Forum 09-02-2003, 22:46
Replies: 19
Views: 1,786
Posted By jburstein
You haven't heard of a thing called a spring have...

You haven't heard of a thing called a spring have you? If you need the power of four motors then maybe you'd do better having one motor store energy, that way you don't burden yourself weight/power...
Forum: General Forum 09-02-2003, 22:21
Replies: 101
Views: 14,802
Posted By jburstein
Engineers? What engineers. On our team the only...

Engineers? What engineers. On our team the only things done by an adult is the welding of our frame because it has to be very precise and with the amount of aluminum tube involved a screw-up would...
Forum: Technical Discussion 01-02-2003, 03:54
Replies: 8
Views: 1,600
Posted By jburstein
We tripped our 40 amp breakers today. We finally...

We tripped our 40 amp breakers today. We finally got our robot driving (latest ever, i think, for us) and using a 12:1 reduction fromt the chalupa motors (yes i know that's not what they're called),...
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