Teaser pic from team 25

[Wayne C.]

its big- curved and made of stainless-

can you guess what this does?

WC

[Ted Boucher]

It looks like some type of hopper device.

[Solace]

just a wild guess, but I think it's something other than what will be the robot....

[Ben.V.293]

my gues is a ball encapulating thingamajig. or shark cage. either or.

[Cory]

That would be the freshman holding cell, I believe. errr maybe not...

Cory

[The Lucas]

That's the cage you keep the new robot in to keep it from eating small children and livestock in the dead of night What sort of Evil Volcano Magic have you used to create this year's Machine? You didn't sacrifice Big Mike, did you? Poor Mike ...... atleast he will be warm inside the Volcano, it is so cold this year.

[Wayne C.]

Originally Posted by The Lucas

That's the cage you keep the new robot in to keep it from eating small children and livestock in the dead of night What sort of Evil Volcano Magic have you used to create this year's Machine? You didn't sacrifice Big Mike, did you? Poor Mike ...... atleast he will be warm inside the Volcano, it is so cold this year.

Big Mike still lives.Below is a picture of him playing with an old prototype in the shop this week. But even he can't resist the pictured device. Your hypothesis is pretty good- the device does stop the machine from eating small children. BTW- those two halves of the structure pivot on axes with sensors and can open into a w-shape. And we didn't get any stains on it.....


WC

[Stephen Kowski]

Originally Posted by Wayne C.

BTW- those two halves of the structure pivot on axes with sensors and can open into a w-shape. And we didn't get any stains on it.....

w-shape huh? well since you have looked at it moving vertically one role it may be used for is trying to block the horizontal bar, but i don't believe that is nearly all it will be used for.....the nature of the curved shape could probably do a bunch of things for you, but I will just wait and see if my ideas are correct....nice job

[Matt Adams]

If it is meant to be on the robot, I hope that it's a dual use ball cage / ball grabber. I think teams that figure out how to make this work will be at a huge advantage...

Matt

[tkwetzel]

Considering it is big and stainless, I don't think it does anything on a FIRST robot. However, I could be wrong.

[Matt Adams]

Originally Posted by Wayne C.

its big- curved and made of stainless-
can you guess what this does?

When you say that it's stainless steel.. it better not be going on your robot unless it's a battlebot in the super-heavy weight division. It looks to be a human capturing device of sorts...

Matt

[Yan Wang]

It looks like a device to open up and herd lots of balls... What confuses me is why it'd me made out of stainless steel. Must be quite heavy.

But freshmen jail is a good use too.

[Madison]

Originally Posted by monsieurcoffee

It looks like a device to open up and herd lots of balls... What confuses me is why it'd me made out of stainless steel. Must be quite heavy.

But freshmen jail is a good use too.

Where did he say it's made of stainless steel? Wayne just used the word 'stainless'.

Where teasers are involved, it's best not to assign prejudices and assumptions because that's what makes your guesses wrong.

[Matt Adams]

Originally Posted by M. Krass

Where did he say it's made of stainless steel? Wayne just used the word 'stainless'.

Where teasers are involved, it's best not to assign prejudices and assumptions because that's what makes your guesses wrong.

I think it's typically understood that stainless steel is the only common material that you can call "stainless". Actually.. why would any robot have anything stainless? Is there a chemical bath spray that someone didn't tell me about!

Actually, the bent pipe, the welding, and the dark(er) grey color make me assume it's some sort of steel. I'd be surprised if it were a robot part.

Matt

[Madison]

Originally Posted by Matt Adams

I think it's typically understood that stainless steel is the only common material that you can call "stainless".

In addition, the bent pipe, the welding, and the dark(er) grey color make me assume it's some sort of steel. I'd be surprised if it were a robot part.

Matt

I don't think it's an inappropriate assumption -- I'm just pointing out that it's an assumption. It may be an assumption they're counting on us to make.

Maybe it's just stainless in the sense that it doesn't yet have robot blood spattered all over it...yet.