296 prototyping

[RichardJames]

these are the first three days (we started on the 10th) of our prototyping.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdsLmkvIL0o

We made everything with graveyard bots, duct tape, and c clamps.

[Laura 1547]

Can't wait to see you guys again this year!!! Too bad 1547's not going to New Hampshire again...good luck there anyways!

[Brandon Holley]

not bad

[overlord]

Im liking the different designs. Thank you for posting the Vaccum arm because now I can get an idea to how it is suction wise. I like the forklift arm if its done corrrectly. Just combine it with the rotating arms and you should be good.

[RichardJames]

Well the vacuum arm is a retrofitted version of one of our older bots - the claw which was on that arm originally is what you see on the forklift. For the rotation of the tube, we used a 1/4 inch bore pneumatic piston to rotate one of the two clamp pads on the grabber, the other one is free-rotating.

We think the forklift idea is really cool - there`s a way to actuate the entire lift motion with only one motor (if anyone wants the details I`ll post them). the problem is that our claw right now is sticking out almost 30 inches - we need to figure a way to fit inside the box.

[Jonathan Norris]

looks awesome guys, 1547 won't be in New Hampshire but we will be joining you guys down there. Can't wait to see what you come up with this year!

[Daru]

Great ideas, you gave me an idea for our robot. We were working out a way to make an 'elbow' on our arm, and I love yours

PS: You guys got that much done in one week? wow

[burkey_turkey]

wow, its incredible what you guys had gotten done by day 1 and 2. it looks great im sure whatever design you decide to stick with will work out well for you. dont get locked into an idea too early on though. we try and avoid that, if you see what looks like (and is) a sweet concept at the beginning you have a tendency to go for it without exploring many more possibilities. it seems liek you have the resources to make prototypes quick, so experiment with some other things before you get to stuck on an idea. just a siggestion from personal experiance.

[Pat Fairbank]

Wow, I didn't know that forklift from 2001 still worked.

Looking good, Eric. I can't wait to see you guys in Toronto...

[KingBK]

You guys got some good ideas there and it looks like they're working too.

[thefro526]

Cool ideas i may have to use them for some reference material...

[NoSkaOnTheRadio]

nice music choice!

[xur2007]

Is there anyway we can download the video? We cannot view youtube through the school network.

[Kyle]

Looks like you guys have gotten a lot done keep up the good work!