2011 Curie Division

[Are Jay]

Team 2486 The CocoNuts are stoked to compete with everyone in Curie this year!

See you all there!

[twetherbee]

Team 987's 2011 robot "Jackpott"....more info to come.

[maverickfan138]

Originally Posted by twetherbee

I disagree with this statement.

Curie has: 67 (two time defending world champion and 2011 MSC Champion), 2056 (Still undefeated record at regionals and part of current 2011 high score record holder of 150 - just filthy good), 71 (Beatty, enough said), 987 (maybe a little bias here, but we did win a WC at this similar game in 2007 and two Regionals this year), 365, 245, 573, 51, 968 and 1717 (southern CA powerhouses), ...on and on.

We know we have built up a name for ourselves in the state of Michigan, but it means a lot to us to know that people outside the state who rarely see us think highly of us as well. We are glad to be competing at the World Championship and we are ready to play against the best of the best here in Curie!

Some robot stuff:

Name: Velociraptor
Drivetrain: Holomonic, four 8" mecanums powered by one CIM each.
Appendage: Double articulating arm
End effector: Belt driven roller claw with the ability to rotate tubes
Minibot: 1.5 second climb, our deployment system may change beforehand.

Our robot was geared for about 15ft/sec free speed, so it's around 11-12ft/sec. We generally hang six tubes a match, making two logos on the top row or one logo on top and one on the middle, depending on our partners. The most tubes we have hung in a match is eight. Our roller claw is a tube magnet and can pick up tubes in almost any way imaginable. Performance wise, we set the high score at both the Waterford District(100-3) and Ann Arbor District(114-1).

Here's a photo:

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/img...f1bd7f62_l.jpg


*Note - the above photo was taken with our old minibot at Waterford.

You can also see some match videos from Waterford, Ann Arbor, and hopefully soon, Michigan State Championship here:

http://www.youtube.com/user/team573


See you guys in ten days!

[CassCity2081]

I dont have any pictures of us but here is our youtube account with a couple videos from Boilermaker Regional.

http://www.youtube.com/user/FRCIcaru.../1/yrCeEwpm_-Q

We scored 5-8 tubes a match (not counting a first couple matches where we were getting used to things), by saturday our minibot was 100% successful with a time of about 2 seconds with deployment, We went 17-0 and won the regional. If scouts want any more info just send me a pm and ill be glad to help you out.

[mr.roboto2826]

Wave robotics is excited to compete on curie! Our robot info can be found here http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...=Wave+robotics

[EricS-Team180]

Here's a pic of SPAM at Palmetto. There is going to be excellent competition in this division.

Eric

[Akash Rastogi]

We've been busy with our practice bot this weekend. New minibot runs at 1.2-1.3ss. New deployment is a rail"fun" style. Thanks Dustin(816) and Tyler(2016).

Here's our little robot. By little I mean almost 7 feet wide.

[notmattlythgoe]

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/photos/36802?

Here is a good picture of 2363's robot at the Virginia Regional. SPAM it's good to see you guys share our division

[EricS-Team180]

Right back atcha' ! We are still riding high on our alliance's win at Palmetto We were hoping to get Los Pollos Locos in Curie, yet, but, ahhh well. this is going to be fun.

[notmattlythgoe]

So are we! We were disappointed by our 2nd place finish in Virginia, but we lost to a very good alliance, so we can only be so disappointed.

[fsgond]

Team 135 cannot wait!!!

[Bob Steele]

Here is a picture of our robot. Skunk.i.am

Quick lift, center grabber... popper release mechanism..


thanks
Bob

[yaron]

MisCar - Team 1574 is proud to return to Curie. Here is a short clip presenting our bot.
More in: miscar1574.com
Can't wait to meet you there.

[AcesJames]

Here's 176's robot and minibot.

Specs:
Robot -
2 speed drivetrain (7fps, 16fps)
6wd with AM roughtop tread
2 stage elevator powered by a BB 550 motor
Pneumatic gripper to grab tubes
Wrist powered by a window motor
Deployment arm swing-out powered by a window motor
Deployment to pole contact made by pneumatic cylinder

Minibot -
2 hourglass shafts, each powered by a Tetrix motor
Climbs tower in approximately 1.3 seconds

The robot is averaging 5-6 tubes in teleop, as well as 100% scoring in autonomous on the top row throughout both of our regionals. We won the Granite State regional with 1519 and 175, and were quarter-finalists in Connecticut with 1124 and 714, where we were substituted out after an encoder failure. The encoder has been fixed and tested for St. Louis.

Match video @ BAE thanks to 1519:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Bt4JM_FytE

[Adam Freeman]

Here are some pictures of our robot from the Michigan State Championship by Daniel Ernst:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/daniele...57626489666450
http://www.flickr.com/photos/daniele...57626489666450

Additionally, all our MSC matches are posted at our Youtube page:
http://www.youtube.com/user/FRCHOTTe...D78E82EADCD5DE

Robot Specs:
- 2 Stage Elevator lift, powered by dual RS-775s thru CIMulators into a Toughbox. - Originally inspired FRC254/968 in 2007/08
- Arm for tube positioning powered by (2) Window motors.
- 1114 inspired claw powered by a Window motor.
- 8WD - 4" Wheels. (4) CIM drive with AM Supershifters. No pneumatics/servos...Window motor shifter!
- 2 Stage deployment system. 1st stage gas shock deploys alignment device. 2nd stage fires minibot out / onto pole using constant force springs + surgical tubing.

Minibot Specs:
- 118 inspired, cantilevered shaft design.
- Lexan frame.
- Pole activated clamp used to hold the pole. Magnets used to hold clamps open/shut.