1510 video 2009 full working robot

[david cobbley]

Heres a vid of our bot, just barely programmed, still have quite a few things to program out.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWm00vjDlOI
main parts to watch are 00:25 to 00:50 seconds and 2:55 to 3:10
let me know what you think

[Ice Berg]

I hate to ask, but how are you going to mount bumpers to the sides that will have structural backing along the whole side? Also how will you get at least 6 inches of bumper on the front? Aside from that, the hopper looks great. I would bet you could hold 30 - 35 total.

[AlexD744]

Remember that driving with a trailer is 1000 times worse than without a trailer.

[coldfusion1279]

You know, I have seen a lot of the same designs so far. This one is similar to others, but this one I am genuinely impressed with. It is very simple and functional. It holds a ton of balls (from the looks) and it spits them out relatively quickly. I like it also because you don't have a crazy turret shooter (I don't like turrets cause I haven't yet seen one work shooting at a moving target).

Aside from your apparent bumper issues (which I trust you have worked out) I am very impressed with the efficiency. Job well done.

[Caio]

I hate to ask, but how are you going to mount bumpers to the sides that will have structural backing along the whole side? Also how will you get at least 6 inches of bumper on the front?

There is going to be an "external chassis" that they're adding to mount the bumpers to. This will also give something to mount the front six inches. It'll stick a little into the opening, but with current bumper rules that's inevitable eh?

Thanks for all the compliments everyone! The team is really proud of this robot I'm so happy for them *snif*

[Bolshaw92]

Loving the pick-up system and cage. Looks really stable and strong.

Delivery seems a little slow though...