Team 1405 gets driving!

Here is the first time our robot drove! I'm on the controls and the cheerleading coach is the girl who almost gets hit. Our super math teacher mentor Mr. L is recording.

We temporarily threw a caster on the front while our secret weapon is being further developed. We reportedly reached 14 fps during testing today.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wiJLVc1Wlgw

enjoy

[DarkFlame145]

Originally Posted by Jaybee1405

Here is the first time our robot drove! I'm on the controls and the cheerleading coach is the girl who almost gets hit. Our super math teacher mentor Mr. L is recording.

We temporarily threw a caster on the front while our secret weapon is being further developed. We reportedly reached 14 fps during testing today.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wiJLVc1Wlgw

enjoy

Now we can plan to crush you at RIT HAHAHA. I'm Joking, it is really fast and looks really strong

[1619Aaron]

Do you guys have powered wheels on one end and casters on the other?

haha Dennis, you just wait until the secret weapon comes out

Aaron: we have the back two wheels powered and we temporarily threw a caster on the front until our design is complete

[feliks_rosenber]

It looks like it almost hit there someone on the way...
Be careful there someone can get hurt...

[esisso]

was she at least wearin safety glasses?

she might have had safety pom poms

1405 is Primed and Painted! Special thanks to team mom Mrs. B (AKA my mom haha)

Primed:



Painted Sky Blue:

[Billfred]

Curiosity has me wondering, why the gratuitous amounts of kitbot? Not that it's necessarily a bad choice; I'm more interested in knowing what went into making the decision.

We needed two levels, and we figured kitbot is light and cheap. Last year we fabricated our own frame from the aluminum square stock that you can see in this year's vertical posts and it was very heavy (for good reason, it was a tank). This year we had lots of extra kitbot laying around so we decided to weld it all together and shazamm, you have Charles V

[kevin.li.rit]

Your secret weapon isn't some sort of steering mechanism that someone is designing is it?

shutup kevin that was supposed to be a secret

well I guess it's ok since you're designing it, but it will be much more OK once you change your team number from 596 to 1405 since 1405 is where you've been the past three seasons