pic: Miss Daisy 10

[Jared Russell]

Originally Posted by xSAWxBLADEx

any minibot?

Yeah, just edited the post - don't know why the rest of the description got cut off.

Originally Posted by Original Description

Team 341 "Miss Daisy" presents Miss Daisy 10 (our 12th robot, and 10th named Miss Daisy).

Video will come shortly. I am tremendously proud of the hard work of our students and mentors this build season.

Stats:

* 6 Wheel, 6 Motor Drive using 4" diameter/2" wide IFI wheels with Blue Nitrile tread (13 fps top speed; traction limited at stall). Turns effortlessly. The best drive train we have ever built.

* Arm shoulder joint can reach all scoring levels from the ground in <2 seconds, including scoring over the robot's back. Dual gas springs keep the arm nearly weightless to the motor.

* Pneumatically articulated wrist deploys claw for pickup and retracts to protect it during transit.

* Wide sensor-controller roller claw powered by an RS-775 effortlessly picks up any tube, in any orientation, at any robot speed - all the driver has to do is touch any part of the tube. Geometry of the claw keeps the tube at a constant orientation. After 4 primary iterations and over a dozen minor versions, this is the best manipulator we have built.

* Entire claw can be swapped out in minutes (we are pragmatic about the inevitable fate of floor pickup mechanisms this year...).

* 2-step minibot deployment process (lock to tower, deploy minibot) that takes any chance out of deployment.

* 37 x 27 x 59 x 115 lbs