Team 330 Presents - Beach 'Bot 2011

[Joe Ross]

Originally Posted by JaneYoung

So, did you guys go through your regular design discussion/strategy phase or was it modified/shortened due to the 2007 robot's success?

While the end result does look very similar to 2007, there are a lot of subtle changes to make it play this year's game better and meet this year's rules. Had we decided to just do what we had done before, we'd be at a disadvantage compared to everyone else. Getting all the geometry right was quite a challenge.

• The bottom paddle has been optimized to pick tubes off the ground much better then 2007 ever could.
• The arm extends to meet the bumper perimeter requirements and still floor load.
• The main arm structure is at an angle to allow room for the minibot deployment.
• Jaguars on the drive train make it move much more smoothly then 2007 did.
• 8WD makes it the hardest robot to push that we've ever made.

There's probably a lot more that I'm not aware of.