[maverickfan138]

Chris: There aren't any catapult robots this year. A catapult did come up during our design sessions and was one of the last to be eliminated. A lot of the robots look like 67's robot for Lunacy.


A few more specs on our robot:

Drivetrain:
4 wheel drive
Each side powered by one CIM and Toughbox
Entire motor assembly slides along chassis rail for tensioning
8" wheels
Bricks are used for counterweights on the front of the chassis

Appendage:
CIM powers shooter wheels(ratio of 3:1)
Dewalt powers transport belt
Turnbuckles are used for tensioning on both the belt and chain(from Dewalt to belt)
Plexiglass arcs are used to funnel and center the ball before being sucked up

Other:
Our speed is around 8ft/sec
We can climb the bump
We have attained two clean sweeps(all balls on the other side of the field)

We used a similar design in last years OCCRA game, where we had to play basketball. We made a few modifications to increase the performance of our robot this year. We are very pleased with our performance this year and we can't wait until Saturday.