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Originally posted by Ken Leung
I got a few questions about the robot, after watching all the cool videos...
1. Is this the most complicated robot you've ever built?
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No idea, but it sure does
look complicated.
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2. How many goals can you get? 2 or 3?
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We are limited to two because we use the window motors to drive our hooks. We can put the two hooks in any of 3 places: back, right, & left.
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3. What makes you decide how much balls this robot is going to hold? Was it weight, space, resources, strategy?
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This was dictated by strategy. Some on the team wanted only a couple of balls. Others wanted a lot. We compromised on ~12.
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4. How many motors are you using? (I heard all except the torque!) And how do you deal with drawing too much current?
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Yes, we're using all the motors except the torque motor. Don't quote me on this, but I think we can get away with this because we don't use them all at once, and they usually aren't under heavy load. Obviously the 4 drive motors & the two crab motors get a lot of use and are under large loads. The tank motors will have a big load, but we usually won't be running many other motors when these are going. The window motors that control the hooks don't get run much at all. And the motors for the accumulator / convayer / shooter do not have much of a load and are almost spinning freely.
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And the question I want answer the most:
5. Why why why are your robots so cool looking all these years?
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This is an easy one. It must be because of the software team. Sorry Raul, I couldn't resist. Seriously, it's because we have some outstanding mechanical engineers & students who come up with good designs, and we have the resources to turn those designs into a real robot.
Mike