pic: Wave Robotics 2826 Shooter Teaser

[Travis Hoffman]

Looks outstanding - I'm really looking forward to seeing you guys at Wisconsin!

[jwfoss]

It seems like these guys have been building clean, unique machines since their rookie year. It was great stopping by to talk you guys in St. Louis last year. Keep up the good work, looking forward to seeing the completed robot. Good luck this year.

[Nick Lawrence]

I look forward to 2826's machines every year. They're always as beautiful as they are capable.

-Nick

[Tyler Olds]

Thank you all for the compliments/questions, I will try to get to some that Nik did not cover:

Originally Posted by J93Wagner

Looks like we got beat in the style (and probably functionality) department. Again.

But besides that, I'm curious to know how you guys are going to avoid dead zones at the bottom of the turret because, from what I can see the geometry looks really close to having one.

We have not had any issues with this yet. Yes it is close and is designed to be.

Originally Posted by Jeffy

Whoa! It better spin up fast.

Also, I really like the different sized wheels to give it spin. I think it's a better solution than running some at less than full power.

We were covering new ground on this one, and it seems to be able to both speed up and down (which is much harder) at a relatively fast speed for what we need.

Originally Posted by Jamie Kalb

Looks excellent!

For the figure-8 polycord wrap, are you doing anything special to limit/prevent the belt from rubbing against itself?

We considered this, but were able to run the shooter for an extended period of time and the poly-cord got warm but nothing dangerous. Our plan is to figure out where the half-life of the poly-cord is and replace it when it gets to that approximate state. We do not need to worry about the poly-cord stretching a little as we will use encoders to track RPM.

Originally Posted by XaulZan11

I think we have seen the same content and I have same questions. I'm guessing they will have a drop down ball collector or be human loaded (kinda similar to 254 in 2006). If its the later, I hope you plan to shoot from the human player station, as that would be epic! Whatever you plan to do, I'm sure it will be effective.

Why not do both? I am worried about the projector in the middle of the field though.....if anybody knows the height of this, I would definitely appreciate the info.

Originally Posted by Travis Hoffman

Looks outstanding - I'm really looking forward to seeing you guys at Wisconsin!

Travis, I look forward to seeing you and 48 at Wisconsin!

Nick and Justin: Thank you for the compliments, we are very fortunate to have a great sponsor to laser cut and provide all of our sheet metal. If you look at our robot from our rookie year, we have definitely taken steps in the right aesthetic direction IMHO.

Wave is planning on going to the Sussex Invitational this year as well.

[Laaba 80]

Originally Posted by Tyler Olds

I am worried about the projector in the middle of the field though.....if anybody knows the height of this, I would definitely appreciate the info.

I dont know the height of the projector, but I do know that last year our human player hit the projector with a tube.

[dodar]

Sweet tool rack. Makes everything look nicer and neater...oh and nice shooter