Team 1011 Prototypes

[BrianCloutier]

So far we've prototyped our kicker, chassis, and lifter.

Here is a demonstration of our chassis (+ roll cage): http://blog.crush1011.org/post/34514...wide-bot-going The chassis has absolutely no problems getting over the bump, and all these rolls are intentional.

Here's a demonstration of our lifter: http://blog.crush1011.org/post/34515...lan-is-to-find This is more of a strength test than a prototype, but if you imagine the horizontal member to be the robot, and the vertical member to be on of the poles of the tower, you'll get an idea of what we're planning on doing.

I don't yet have a video of our kicker. But it can kick across the field, and is powered using pneumatics. If there's enough demand I'll find and post a video of it working too.

[Vikesrock]

Have you tried the roll cage our with bumpers on? I'm not sure, but you may find that the bumpers increase the tendency to stop on your side in the same way you did once in the video.

[Rich Kressly]

Roll cage shows promise, congrats. You'll want to put full bumpers on it ASAP if you haven't already and continue the bump testing. With a front and rear bumper it may, or may not, react the same way. In fact, I'm not sure there's a way to legally mount bumpers to that chassis as it is. If you haven't yet considered it, you need to look at those rules closely.

Good luck!

[Alex Cormier]

Please wear your safety glasses as well.

[s_forbes]

I'm loving the rolling concept. I hope you guys get it working with bumpers on the robot, I really want to see that move at the AZ regional this year!