Team 2530 "Inconceivable" -- Rolling robot

[jvriezen]

We are bit behind schedule, but we made a lot of progress today!


http://youtu.be/To4cNG8LyTM

[Timz3082]

What is that material? looks like wood or plastic. Don't feel bad, we aren't even driving yet, (fitting electronics struggle)

[jvriezen]

Originally Posted by Timz3082

What is that material? looks like wood or plastic. Don't feel bad, we aren't even driving yet, (fitting electronics struggle)

It's a trade secret.

[dellagd]

Originally Posted by jvriezen

It's a trade secret.

Nice.


Is it a bottom row shooter?

[jvriezen]

Originally Posted by dellagd

Nice.


Is it a bottom row shooter?

Not at all-- our shooter has been proven to be very effective to the top basket. Not all parts are shown :-)

[dellagd]

wow! How does it work?

[jvriezen]

Originally Posted by dellagd

wow! How does it work?

We have a single axle two wheel turret yet to come.

[Dr Theta]

Looks great, can't wait to see it in person. We're behind too, we just got the rolling chassis done today and have to chain everything together and test it out. Next week is going to be crazy. I'll have to see about getting a picture of ours up here sometime soon.

[Jeff Pahl]

Wow the paint job is bright in that video.

Robot as shown in video is 75 pounds (not including battery).

[CalTran]

I see belt driven meccanums, and a compressor. I'm intrigued as to what the compressor actuates, but if it follows the model of other teams, I would hazard a guess as to it being for some sort of bridge manipulation.

[TeamUpNext3528]

Looks like green swiss cheese! Hahah but it looks pretty good! I hope you get everything worked out! Nice bot!

[Jeff Pahl]

Originally Posted by CalTran

I see belt driven meccanums, and a compressor. I'm intrigued as to what the compressor actuates, but if it follows the model of other teams, I would hazard a guess as to it being for some sort of bridge manipulation.

I'm also intrigued as to what the compressor will actuate.... Right now it actuates a bunch of "virtual components" that only exist inside the minds of some of the students, but they insist we need it so we went ahead and mounted it and got it wired into the controls while we were working on that part of the robot. There currently are no storage tanks, tubing, valves, or actuators on the robot.

I think it will have something to do with controlling the ball feed to the shooter.

If nothing else, with 45 pounds to play with at this point, it's good ballast

[Ernst]

The back of the tower (the black part) looks like it's adjustable. Is this to vary the amount of ball compression? If so, do you plan on doing it on the fly, or between matches?

[Jeff Pahl]

Originally Posted by ZehP

The back of the tower (the black part) looks like it's adjustable. Is this to vary the amount of ball compression? If so, do you plan on doing it on the fly, or between matches?

That's the part the pneumatics is supposed to move to feed balls to the shooter. When it's pulled in the balls are compressed against the belt that is not there yet, and they feed up. At least that's the theory, I hope to see if it works tonight....

[Jeff Pahl]

Originally Posted by Timz3082

What is that material? looks like wood or plastic. Don't feel bad, we aren't even driving yet, (fitting electronics struggle)

Originally Posted by jvriezen

It's a trade secret.

Now that everyone has seen the robot, I guess the secret is out. The entire robot, other than some incidental parts like axles and intake rollers, is made out of baltic birch plywood.

And it won the Industrial Design Award at Lake Superior this weekend.