pic: Team 418's Robot

[lscime]

I'm confused, is there a legal motor hiding inside of that yellow case, or am I just missing something?

-Luke

[Pjohn1959]

Uh Ohhhh...

I think Luke is right. I've checked and don't see dewalts on the approved motor list for this year.

Might want to take some extra BaneBots or FisherPrice just in case....

[rutzman]

Originally Posted by lscime

I'm confused, is there a legal motor hiding inside of that yellow case, or am I just missing something?

-Luke

I'm only seeing 3 of the 5 possible small silver motors(BaneBots and F-Ps) elsewhere on the robot. Assuming they aren't using an illegal motor, I would say the fourth one is in there, using the drill's gearbox.

EDIT: I obviously wasn't paying enough attention---I just reworded Luke's question as a statement. Unfortunately, I've missed the time window where I'm allowed to delete my post.

[David Dawson]

It frustrates me that chief delphi as a whole automatically assumes a robot isnt following the rules when a picture is posted. There is absolutely nothing wrong with this bot assuming they used 4x banebots and one fp. That dewalt you see is a gear box, there is a paper on how to make them on CD media. If you don't understand it, don't assume its wrong.

[lscime]

Originally Posted by David Dawson

It frustrates me that chief delphi as a whole automatically assumes a robot isnt following the rules when a picture is posted. There is absolutely nothing wrong with this bot assuming they used 4x banebots and one fp. That dewalt you see is a gear box, there is a paper on how to make them on CD media. If you don't understand it, don't assume its wrong.

I did not assume that they were doing something illegal. In fact I asked a question "is there a legal motor hiding inside of that yellow case" because I figured that it might just be a gear box and the FP or bane bot wasn't visible. Unfortunately as an inspector I saw many teams come to competition with illegal motors. I'd prefer (and presumably so would the teams in question) to point out a possible issue BEFORE they get to a regional so that they can prepare.

-Luke

[Kevin Sevcik]

Those particular dewalts actually use an RS-775 motor, if I recall correctly. All you'd have to do is pull the pinion off and press it on a legal BB RS-775 and you've got an anti-backdrive high torque gearbox.

[Bertman]

The DeWalt case houses the FP motor which came with the kit and as described in the "Nothing but DeWalts" white paper.

[Pjohn1959]

I should have known that you read the rules...

[JaneYoung]

Originally Posted by Pjohn1959

I should have known that you read the rules...

Well...

There may be an adjustment or two to the bumpers...
4 for 4 *cough*

[Danny Diaz]

Originally Posted by JaneYoung

Well... There may be an adjustment or two to the bumpers.

Yeah, thank goodness Bertucci was a robot inspector at the Alamo Regional and realized the robot frame was a little outside spec for the bumper rules. Easy fix, though, should be one heckuva time at Dallas this upcoming week.

-Danny

[lscime]

Originally Posted by Bertman

...as described in the "Nothing but DeWalts" white paper.

Thanks for mentioning the white paper, very cool.

Originally Posted by JaneYoung

Well...

There may be an adjustment or two to the bumpers...

*sigh* bumper rules, everyone's worst nightmare .

-Luke