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Re: pic: Team 81 Official Teaser

I will try to answer some of the questions in this post. Thank you all for your encouragement and support.

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Originally Posted by nukemknight
Looks like the robot is tipped up on its side and this is a bottom view?
Yes.
Quote:
Originally Posted by vVigglEs
awesome looking base... how much weight is that adding to your robot?
Not much, actually. We are around 100 pounds with everything on the robot.
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Originally Posted by sanddrag
I must know at once where you got that insanely large internal gear.
We made it.
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Originally Posted by Andy Baker
Wow... lots of things here. Let me comment after picking my jaw off the floor.

First of all, I think that is the most awesome, coolest turret ever in FIRST. How did you make the ring gears? Are they wire EDM'ed? Did you have to be precise in how the ring gear segments were lined up?

Secondly... nice holonomic drive. This may be the first worm gear 4 wheel Killough platform in FIRST.

You have this innovative drive base with a drop dead gorgeous turret. These two innovations together takes alot of guts to pull off. This is surely inspirational stuff. Way to go Metalheads!
Thank you! It's taken a while, but we think it has turned out very well.
Unfortunately I don't know how the gears were made. Ask me about anything else, and I could answer it.
I'll ask the other members sometime soon.

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Originally Posted by Eric Scheuing
I like it. That must have taken a while to build.

How does it work though?

(Note to self)-He's not going to tell, that's the point of a spoiler.
How right you are!

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Originally Posted by Nita
Nice battery box (if that's what it is on the left). My team built five battery boxes because the previous one just didn't work. The final version was tweaked to fit from my design, so I'm happy.
Yes, that's our battery box. Thanks!

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Originally Posted by Nuttyman54
...and now for my question: Why do you need a turret with holonomic drive? By definition, holonomic can rotate whilst translating? I understand that the collection mechanism can only face one direction, but it still seems redundant. I'm sure i'm about to be proved wrong tho. Good job guys!
We have our secret reasons.
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