The Real 217 Robot for 2010

[Mike Copioli]

http://www.crosstheroadelectronics.com/videos/Mia.mp4

Above is the link to an mp4 of the real Thunder Chicken Robot.

[Akash Rastogi]

Not enough greeeeeeen =(

So when can we expect a picture of the twins partying together?

[Dargel1625]

While watching this I kept getting feelings of Deja Vu... Awesome robot though!

[Nick Lawrence]

Oh boy.

-Nick

[AmoryG]

Your video is 2:20 long... for better quality I would cut back 3 seconds.

[AdamHeard]

Since I spend most of my team on chief at our shop with filtered internet, I appreciate raw video!

Looks good, these twins are beasts.

[=Martin=Taylor=]

148 had a better vid

I'll be the first to ask: Whats with the random dentist scene? In addition to building robots do you also remove wisdom teeth?

[Mike Copioli]

Originally Posted by =Martin=Taylor=

148 had a better vid

I'll be the first to ask: Whats with the random dentist scene? In addition to building robots do you also remove wisdom teeth?

Our students participate in an event called "Give Kids a Smile" The team assists dental professionals who donate their services to help kids to not be afraid of the dentist.

[Karthik]

Looking amazing, guys. I definitely see this robot being just as successful as your past creations. Unfortunately with MSC being the same weekend as GTR, I'm not going to get to see it in person until Atlanta.

P.S. The 148 video was pretty cool, but you totally win in the soundtrack department.

[s_forbes]

Awesome, of course!

Some questions that came to mind while watching your video:

How are your motors allocated? It looks like 3 CIMs and 2 FPs for drive, 1 CIM for kicker, most likely CIM for arm... is the ball magnet run with a window motor? I never would have thought to see FP motors in the drivetrain after your drive sizing thread.

Also, how did you get the magnet to work with the varying height of the chassis (when switching from agile to tractiony drive)? Seems like it would be a pesky problem to work around.

As with 148's bot, I really wish I could see this thing in person!

Originally Posted by Karthik

P.S. The 148 video was pretty cool, but you totally win in the soundtrack department.

Heh, I was going to mention the same thing.

[Akash Rastogi]

Originally Posted by s_forbes

Awesome, of course!

Some questions that came to mind while watching your video:

How are your motors allocated? It looks like 3 CIMs and 2 FPs for drive, 1 CIM for kicker, most likely CIM for arm... is the ball magnet run with a window motor? I never would have thought to see FP motors in the drivetrain after your drive sizing thread.

Also, how did you get the magnet to work with the varying height of the chassis (when switching from agile to tractiony drive)? Seems like it would be a pesky problem to work around.

As with 148's bot, I really wish I could see this thing in person!




Heh, I was going to mention the same thing.

I'm guessing rs555 for the ball rollers.

[Chris Fultz]

Pretty Sweet!

Best of luck 217!

[Karibou]

Great job 217, and 148! This thing is a beast. I can't wait to see it at States! I'm kind of speechless right now, actually...

I almost expected the music for this video to be "Mama Mia," but I guess that would be a little too cheery for those of us who are already going into robot withdrawal.

[O'Sancheski]

very nice robot... it must of taken you guys along time to CAD it up

[Alex Cormier]

I am excited to see and compete with (hopefully not against) this robot!