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Posted by nick237 at 2/17/2001 12:35 AM EST


Engineer on team #237, sie h2o bots, from Watertown high school ct and sieman co.


In Reply to: Team #237 Pic - Second Attempt
Posted by Jessica Boucher on 2/16/2001 10:20 PM EST:



Ok..... So the idea this year is to make the worlds longest robot? ( The room is totaly silent ) uhha.
We build a bot that does nothing...... hmmmmmmmmm
We build a Robot that does not pick up balls.... "OK".
We build a bot that does not push the goal...... "huh".
We build a bot that does not pull the goal...... "wow".
We make a bot that doesnt pull the stretcher.... " ? ".
In fact all we do is sit......... " YESSSSS "
The strategy is to confuse the opossition and lull them into a sence a false security............ " got it ".
But mr Reynolds were all one alliance this year??????
Hmmmmmmmmm......
Ok..... so this year we build the worlds longest robot and become part of the FIELD.
This year we built a robot that becomes an extention of the ramp. The ramp is 15 degs so it will be hard for a robot to push or pull an 85lb goal up that kind of an incline, then how do they leave the goal on the ramp and get off with out the goal rolling away.
If a robot pulls a goal up the ramp and the ramp tips over our robot stops the ramp from continuing past level.
Then the robot releases the goal and drives over our bot. In the mean time another robot lines up and pushes the second goal over us and deposits the second goal next to the first. SIMPLE.
So all we need is a robot that just becomes the ramp. hmmmmmmmm Errrrr Mr Reynolds what if were in a game that no one can push or pull the goal up the ramp.
Ok..... so the idea this year is to do all that I just said and be able to push and pull the goal if we have to.... "ok".
hmmmmmmmm Errrrr Mr Reynolds what if we have no alliance that can put big balls on top????.
Ok..... So this year we do all that I just said and we devise a system that also can put the big balls on top of the goal, "Happy now".....?
But is that while the goal is on the floor, what if the big ball falls off?.
OK..... "THIS IS WHAT WERE GONNA DO".....
WERE GONNA DO ALL THAT I JUST SAID AND WERE GONNA MAKE SURE THE ROBOT CAN PLACE THE BIG BALL ON TOP OF THE GOAL WHILE ITS ON TOP OF THE RAMP, AND WHILE WERE AT IT WERE GOING TO BE ABLE TO DRIVE AROUND WITH ANOTHE ROBOT SITTING ON TOP OF OUR ROBOT TO PLACE A LARGE BALL ON TOP OF THE OTHER GOAL IF THE NEED ARRISES. AND WHILE WERE AT IT WE WILL MAKE THE ROBOT HOVER, SING AND DANCE.
Hmmmmmm. Errrrr Mr Reynolds.... How high will it be able to hover?.
So thats what our robot does for those who are interested, except were still working on the dance bit, it seems the robot has two left drill motors.
nick237