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Re: She's ALIVE!!!
Posted by Michael Betts.
Engineer on team #177, Bobcat Robotics, from South Windsor High School and International Fuel Cells.
Posted on 2/14/2000 8:36 AM MST
In Reply to: She's ALIVE!!! posted by Joe Johnson on 2/13/2000 11:51 AM MST:
: How goes the battle elsewhere? Raul & Dan (WildStang), Bill & Brian Beatty (Team Hammond), Mike Betts (Int'l Fuel Cell), David Asano (Nynex - Greerwich), Moe (TJ2), Greg Mills (Baxter Mountain Home), Andy Baker (TechnoKats)...
: Do tell...
: Joe J.
Joe,
The Bobcat is complete and functional with the exception of the 'final' end effector. Our fourth prototype of that mechanism worked like a charm. We are now making it out of aluminum instead of PVC (much easier to prototype). We can suck up balls at full speed (7 FPS) and our start to limbo time was measured at 3.7 seconds. Our ball carrying capacity will be about 10 balls.
I simply love the new 'additional parts' rules this year! having unlimited quantities of materials such as aluminum extrusion and polycarb has been a godsend.
There are going to be a lot of fine looking and operating machines out there this year. We will surely not be The Best, but we will be competitive.
Mike
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