With the current position HBR has found themselves in, I thought this might be a fun thing to look at.
Share your robot weight situation and describe your remedy.
Let me start by saying the number on the scale shocked me. I have 9 years of FIRST experience and I've never seen a robot look so light, but weigh so much.
Initial Robot Weight: 138.4lbs
Final Robot Weight: TBD
Anticipated Weight removal (based on list of remedies): ~21 lbs
Remedy:
- Replace 4 Mini Cims with 3 RS550's in Cimile gearboxes (~8 lbs.)
- Rebuild interface frame replacing 1/8" wall 1x1 tube with 1/16" wall (~5 lbs.)
- Replace 40" of steel 1/2" hex shaft with 1/2" aluminum hex shaft (~1.4 lbs.)
- Replace 2-1.75" bore 12" stroke cylinders with 1.0625" bore 12" stroke cylinders (~1.4 lbs)
- Rebuild intake roller with polycarbonate tubing and delrin endplates to replace 3" PVC roller (~2.2 lbs.)
- Remove excess length from any hardware or replace with a lighter option. (~.25 lbs)
- Remove webbing from the robot back plate (~2.5 lbs.)
- Remove 4 unneeded standoffs from drive modules (~.6 lbs.)
EMERGENCY NUCLEAR WEIGHT LOSS OPTION:
- Remove 2 CIMs from the 6 CIM drive (~7 lbs.)