The Search for 111 & 71

[Joe Matt]

Bring me pictures and descriptions of 111 & 71 and you will be loved.

[Daniel Brim]

Does this help? I wonder what new innovation team 71 thought of...

[Dave Flowerday]

A little birdy told me that there's been a full picture of our robot buried somewhere on our website for at least a week...

http://www.wildstang.org

[Swampdude]

<3

[whakojacko]

WoW. What the weight of that thing?

[Dave Flowerday]

Originally Posted by whakojacko

WoW. What the weight of that thing?

We actually shipped under weight by a few pounds this year (first time ever, I think).

[Frank(Aflak)]

Originally Posted by Dave Flowerday

A little birdy told me that there's been a full picture of our robot buried somewhere on our website for at least a week...

http://www.wildstang.org

http://www.wildstang.org/main/robotpix/robot2005.jpg

oops.

beat to it.

looks awesome.

I miss FIRST.

[activemx]

Come on now. Boilermaker as internet access. Some one can upload a picture of 71 Fill us in you guys!~

[tkwetzel]

On that page with the webcam that JosephM posted there is a link to the beast.

I think the human player is loading the base with a tetra?

[Joel J]

By the looks of it they load their base with 4 tetras from the human player (5 seconds per tetra), then score them 2 at a time (10 seconds to score two). So, if they ran uninterrupted in a match, they could score up to ~12 tetras. With opposition, it looks like they'll be able to do 4-6. Not bad.

BTW: What team scores tetras 4 at a time? Once they got it going, it was pretty cool to watch.

[activemx]

Originally Posted by Joel J.

By the looks of it they load their base with 4 tetras from the human player (5 seconds per tetra), then score them 2 at a time (10 seconds to score two). So, if they ran uninterrupted in a match, they could score up to ~12 tetras. With opposition, it looks like they'll be able to do 4-6. Not bad.

BTW: What team scores tetras 4 at a time? Once they got it going, it was pretty cool to watch.

997 Can score 4+ tetras at a time.

edit: Saw 71 in action. Seems like they have swerve drive. Move around pretty quickly and score pretty quickly too

[Tytus Gerrish]

i am willing to wager that that there is a good portion of 2024 aluminum on that machine

[AndyB]

The team 71 bot was our alliance teammate in the Boilermaker Regional.

They have a strafing drivesystem that is very manueverable but can be a bit tippy due to its large arm. Its arm contains a 3 prong claw at the end with a circular rim around it that is attached to the arm. They just put the rim around the tetras that it holds on its base and picks up 2 at a time. It is a very innovative design and also won a few awards.

BTW, that picture is from the final round of the Boilermaker Finals. Somehow, we still ended up winning.

It was pretty funny when their battery fell out and they were riding on it.

Also, it would be almost impossible to put a tetra on theirs because they keep their arm relativly close to or on their stack of tetras.

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Taking Home the Gold
March 19, 2005

P.S. I want to say thanks to everyone who competed at the Boilermaker Regional for being such good competitions. I know I made some new friends and overall, you all made it a great expierience.

[Pin Man]

what are their secrets?!?!

[AshleyD]

I've finally seen both 111 and 71 ! I haven't seen Wildstang stack 18 yet but they're probably holding out until tomorrow and 71 looks great, they missed a few practice matches this morning (*confusion and suspense*) but they repeatedly stack two at a time on any goal with this cool circular cone thing to stabilize the tetras. It's sooo cool, they're playing right now actually. Competition tomorrow is going to be crazy, I can't wait!