[ratdude747]

2783's bot: (no pics yet)

Autonomous- hangs one tube (will be consistent once replacement parts come in) on high

Teleop- can hang any tube anywhere

Endgame- linear slide minibot lancher poowed by a window motor, latest minibot is held in with a cable and hitch pin system. the minibot latches onto the pole with 2 70lb (force) wind turbine magnets. current minbot goes up in 4 seconds (a direct drive version may be made)

mechanics:

drivetrain: high speed mecanum (4x cims/ TB nanos). it is normally run at 50% power for preciceness and rant at full poer for speed when the "turbo" trigger is held.

arm: the robot uses a 3 stage arm controlled by 2 geared down BB 550's and 2 springs. all 3 segments work in sync by a cable/pulley system. a 550 or an FP will be on the wrist and the gripper also has a bb motor (forgot the model). the arm, wrist, and gripper all have analog encoders for precise preset positions.

the robot has a low center of gravity (it has never come close to tipping).

the robot has a direct fed (though AP, bypassing the cRIO) camera, controlled by a tilt servo (180 degrees). the current code (perfected tonight) gives drivers real-time video with crosshairs for guiding when the camera is facing forward, and when it faces backwards (to launch minibot), the crosshairs switch to 2 vertical lines (to line up with pole) and the image rotates 180 degrees. the tilt angle is set by the driver's righthand throttle.

the current arm (not used in regionals) is being used on a practice clone chassis, and at 23lb, it will be brought in as withholding allowance material.

Good luck to curie!



Minibot- linear slide launcher (cab