Minibot Time Showcase

[jcoinster]

Originally Posted by thefro526

I'll post up a video after week one, we're not exactly ready to give our secrets away yet.

(Our Deployment system is also being re-manufactured)

You can always blur the minibot. Heh.... We didn't on our video..

[libinator]

Heres are minibot, along with are robot. This video was made for a freshman orientation to promote our team, hence all the additives. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgYIhOiyi4Q

[jcmilfred]

Originally Posted by Mpengelly

Our prototype is 1.3 second climb so far with maybe .5-1 second deploy. Still in the works, hoping to get it 1 sec or under

Originally Posted by davidthefat

Vids or it didn't happen.

Originally Posted by Mpengelly

I would but the current vids show more than we care to reveal. If we can gets tests shot from a distance then we might post them

Edit: Our programmer will post a video sometime tonight

Here you are, a 1.3 second minibot from Team 2733:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KuRCJ9cxy-o

[Mpengelly]

Originally Posted by davidthefat

Vids or it didn't happen.

Here's the videos I promised a little while back, timed using frame by frame in 3 separate programs

Edit: wow my bad, here's the link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KuRCJ9cxy-o

[JB987]

[quote=Mpengelly;1033472]Here's the videos I promised a little while back, timed using frame by frame in 3 separate programs[/QUOTE

Something is missing...do I need special glasses to see this otherwise invisible video?

[JB987]

Thanks for fixing the link...fair to say that you will have to add a little weight in the form of a 3 way switch or such to keep from flying off at the end of it's run?

[Mpengelly]

Originally Posted by JB987

Thanks for fixing the link...fair to say that you will have to add a little weight in the form of a 3 way switch or such to keep from flying off at the end of it's run?

Yes and no, we obviously do need that switch in there, as we almost had a few nasty falls, but we simulated the weight of the switches on the minibot during testing

[jcoinster]

Originally Posted by Mpengelly

Here's the videos I promised a little while back, timed using frame by frame in 3 separate programs

Edit: wow my bad, here's the link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KuRCJ9cxy-o

Why blur the video when build season ended....

[Alpha Beta]

Originally Posted by jcoinster

Why blur the video when build season ended....

Even though build season has ended, minibots are still with their respective teams. If the improved design doesn't change your deployment characteristics you could rebuild it in a couple of days.

I imagine that some teams competing close to home with above average machining resources could see a new design Thursday in the pits and have it up and running on their robot in time for Saturday.

[Joe Ross]

Originally Posted by Alpha Beta

I imagine that some teams competing close to home with above average machining resources could see a new design Thursday in the pits and have it up and running on their robot in time for Saturday.

That would violate <R25>.

[Alpha Beta]

Originally Posted by Joe Ross

That would violate <R25>.

<R25> has an exception clause which refers to <R33>

Exception: A limited amount of FABRICATED ITEMS (not to exceed the limits specified in Rule <R33>) may be reatained as part of the WITHHOLDING ALLOWANCE and brought back to the team's home facility for continued development.

<R33> Exempts the minibot from the WITHHOLDING ALLOWANCE allowing you to work on it even if you've already used your 30 pounds.

If we can work on the minibot at home after the ship date, I don't see how Thursday night of a tournament would be any different.

[boomergeek]

Can teams close to home use their fabrication capability outside of the competition site during Thursday through Saturday? I would not think so.
Withholding applies to everyone and I thought it meant material can be brought in Thursday. No fabricated material can be brought in or out between Thursday and Saturday. COTs and raw materials can be brought in any time during competition and worked on during open pit times.

Fabrication outside the competition site and during the Thursday through Saturday time frame, either "in the hotel" or at the home base facility does not seem consistent with the intent of the rules.

I could be misinterpreting.

The "home" teams only advantage should be knowing where to get COTs locally.

[Chris is me]

Originally Posted by Alpha Beta

If we can work on the minibot at home after the ship date, I don't see how Thursday night of a tournament would be any different.

I don't believe the Withholding Allowance applies between individual competition days. That would be a rather large loophole.

[Joe Ross]

Originally Posted by Alpha Beta

<R25> has an exception clause which refers to <R33>

Exception: A limited amount of FABRICATED ITEMS (not to exceed the limits specified in Rule <R33>) may be reatained as part of the WITHHOLDING ALLOWANCE and brought back to the team's home facility for continued development.

<R33> Exempts the minibot from the WITHHOLDING ALLOWANCE allowing you to work on it even if you've already used your 30 pounds.

If we can work on the minibot at home after the ship date, I don't see how Thursday night of a tournament would be any different.

When I read the exception, I assumed it only applied to the last part (shipping the robot after the event). However, I can see how since it's separated, it could be applied to the entire rule. If you are concerned about that, it would make a good Q/A question.

[rees2001]

I can't wait to see how many minibots actually come in at the times people said they would!