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Originally Posted by camtunkpa
Since Pittsburgh is only a couple days away, I figured I would post what video footage we have. For your enjoyment http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLuLzc1rGmw
Specs.:
Drivetrain: 6 wheel drive, 4 CIM two speed Tigerdrive ball lock transmissions, 4 plaction wheels, 2 dualie plastic omni wheels and raised center wheels to help us over the bump.
Multiple position kicker: Kicker has three programmed positions, but can be stopped at any point between those three positions. Surgical tubing provides the kick and window motors and a gate latch provide the preload. We have an automatic aim mode and a manual aim mode with feed back that is displayed on our dashboard. Also we have a kick strength meter displayed on our dashboard
Ball magnet: Our ball magnet is comprised of two small rollers that pinch the ball. The video is of our rough design that has since been improved to ensure a tight grip on the ball.
Hanging/righting arm: Our arm uses fisher price motors and p-60 Banebots gearboxes for rotation and extension/retraction of the arm. After we are hooked on the bar we retract our hook to a latched position and use our shoulder rotate us fully into scoring position.
The video isn't of a finished machine, but that's all the video we have. We should have a much improved ball magnet for Pittsburgh after a couple tweaks.  |
AWESOME! I personally can't wait for Pittsburgh because it is a smaller regional. In my 7 years of robotics, I personally have never been to a regional with much less than 60 teams. It should be interesting.
If you will entertain a few questions/comments:
1. I am worried about your hook hitting the ball return since the actual hook part is so tall. Can you comment on this?
2. Your undercarriage is low. How well does it traverse the bump? Do you get almost vertical?
3. You have nice distance on your kicks. Do you have an autonomous period to utilize them?
4. I hear your compressor turn on after you kick. What is pneumatically operated?
5. FYI- Our team had an auto aim with the camera. But from a distance, because of lighting, or small adjustments in angle, or just generally how visually busy the arena was, our camera had a tough time aiming exactly at the target. In fact we shot a ball at a ref one match. If you get this to work, we might be interested in checking it out. Would that be alright?
In general, awesome job guys. I would love to come get to know you guys on Friday or Saturday. I will be sure to stop by. Good Luck.