Robonauts 118 - Unveiled '08

[Justin Ridley]

Good luck in these last few weeks.
See you at competition.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAJBC-DDL9w

[DarkFlame145]

all i can sat is WOW that is one heck of a bot.

[Arefin Bari]

I am speechless.

[thefro526]

Zomg amazing... I love how you don't have to stop to hurdle.

[Michael Corsetto]

It looks like you could almost be at the driver's station wall and still make a hurdle, how far can you be and still clear the overpass? This is one amazing bot, is the swerve a V-6 like last year or a V-4? Very effective ball picking mechanism as well, I think this is a game built for 118. Great job guys and all I can say is hope I get to see it in person at the Championships.

Mike C.

[Mike Schreiber]

Looks like you've really done your work this year guys, I'll see you guys at nationals and definitely plan to check that thing out.

Justin looks like you may have out done Anthony this year ...maybe. Good luck this year, hope to see you on Einstein

[EricH]

Originally Posted by Rex114

It looks like you could almost be at the driver's station wall and still make a hurdle, how far can you be and still clear the overpass? This is one amazing bot, is the swerve a V-6 like last year or a V-4? Very effective ball picking mechanism as well, I think this is a game built for 118. Great job guys and all I can say is hope I get to see it in person at the Championships.

Mike C.

At the very beginning of the clip, there is a picture of their motor bay. There is a minimum of four and max of SEVEN or EIGHT motors in there! (I'm leaning towards it being six--four CIMs, and two FPs.)

[DB_UPS]

I what to know about the victors, How do they snap into place?

[Nica F.]

That looks really great you guys. It definitely proved a lot of my team members wrong about not being able to use a sort of catapult. It's also great you have 2 weeks left to debug/practice/add stuff on, etc.

No placing it on the overpass at the end of the match though I see?

[Koko Ed]

Originally Posted by Justin Ridley

Good luck in these last few weeks.
See you at competition.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAJBC-DDL9w

[Laaba 80]

Originally Posted by Koko Ed

I like the smiley Great robot. I have to admit, I'm a little scared.
Joey

[hipsterjr]

I never thought of crab drive AND turret arm! Very nice

[Mike Schreiber]

Originally Posted by hipsterjr

I never thought of crab drive AND turret arm! Very nice

Correct me if I'm wrong but I believe they did crab and turret last year.

[Michael Corsetto]

Originally Posted by ICanCountTo19

Correct me if I'm wrong but I believe they did crab and turret last year.

And crab with turreted shooter the year before that, and crab with turreted double grabber arm the year before that. Thats as far back as I remember

[MDiff]

Originally Posted by ICanCountTo19

Correct me if I'm wrong but I believe they did crab and turret last year.

yup, they did


Incredible job so far...
Truth be told... I'm somewhat fearful
What launches the ball forward?
I understand the pulling back and closing with pneumatics...
And I see the belt being pulled back, but what's the retarding force to that motion? is it a pneumatic firing it out? or is that an elastic launch...

Edit: Are those gas shocks by any chance?

Edit2: never mind... i see the latex tubing