LASA Robotics - the "Purple Haze" of Austin Texas (FRC 418) - will be commanding the robot ZePHyr. ZePHyr is an aluminum forklift base with a pneumatically actuated tilt capability. On its lift is a pneumatically actuated "wrist" that allows the manipulator to pick up and control a trackball from several different lifter heights. The manipulator sports 3 pneumatically-actuated "claws" that grasp and hold the ball.
ZePHyr's all-aluminum forklift is the fastest forklift team 418 has ever made. On top of that, ZePHyr has the famous Team 418 drivetrain that provides us with DeWalt 2-speed on-the-fly shifting; ample power to move trackballs and power us out of sticky situations, and those who saw us whiz across the field last year in our "disqualification-causing" opening move know we have enough speed to keep the competition honest.
ZePHyr can be seen
here.
Looking forward to the fun!
-Danny