The Robonauts 118 - 2012 Video

[Akash Rastogi]

Needless to say, great robot. I love your choice for the name, truly inspirational, and its got the looks to match. Bridge hanging is so boss, I would love to hear the engineering that went into the end game mechanism.

Aside from that- what was the video taken with? Looks like a gopro wide angle.

[rcmolloy]

Incredible. I have been mentioning to a few people these past two days that I really haven't been "wowed" yet and now I have. Congrats on a awesome robot guys and good luck next week at Alamo. By the way to help clarify, is that two points of contact on the bridge or only one?

[Eugene Fang]

Awesome design. Mad props to 118.

I too, am curious at how the ruling for grasp/grab/etc will pan out. I understand how FRC 179's robot isn't grasping the field because the robot's CG is directly over or under the C that touches the bridge, which means the robot is only reacting on one face of the bridge.

118's cantilevered hang means that the robot must be reacting on two faces of the bridge. I guess we'll have to see how the ruling goes...

[wireties]

Awesome design - the robotnauts never disappoint! I have doubts about your optional end-game tease (did I see what I thought I saw?) but it seems done in such a way that the bot excels using traditional strategies - the only risk was the design effort and a little weight. Elegant.

[Ankit S.]

Awesome. Incredible. Mindblowing.

I've been waiting for this video all build season .

That's a very novel bridge balancing idea, and I'm sure its legal, especially since we've already seen a similar method that is legal.

[Gray Adams]

That robot looks great, but I do have my doubts about the bridge balancing. If this doesn't count as grabbing, grasping, or grappling, what does? The GDC didn't specify not being allowed to do those things for no reason.

But wow. And now I'm wondering what "mostly complete" refers to.

[eedoga]

I've been waiting for this. You guys do amazing work. We'll be looking out for you in all of the video streams.

Best of luck this year.

Edoga

[ProgrammerMatt]

WOW! I can't believe you built that rocket in 6 weeks!!,

P.S. Is that how you ship your robot?

[jafisher]

Awesome video and an awesome robot. We look forward to seeing you guys in Connecticut this year!

[ghostmachine360]

Officially declared illegal at Alamo. That really sucks; the idea and design were amazing.

[Tristan Lall]

Originally Posted by ghostmachine360

Officially declared illegal at Alamo. That really sucks; the idea and design were amazing.

Any more details? Was it called as a penalty in a match, or was this a decision reached before gameplay?

And which of "grasp", "grapple", "grab" or "attach" was it ruled to be doing?

[ghostmachine360]

Originally Posted by Tristan Lall

Any more details? Was it called as a penalty in a match, or was this a decision reached before gameplay?

And which of "grasp", "grapple", "grab" or "attach" was it ruled to be doing?

It was declared after the match today, but they weren't penalized in their match.

Not sure about the definition, though; didn't hear what they declared to be the definition with the decision.

[CalTran]

Ouch...that really bites. But I'm sure Robonauts can rebound from this with "normal" balancing. If anything, they would have planned for this.

(Yes, pun intended)

[JaneYoung]

Originally Posted by CalTran

If anything, they would have planned for this.

And that's the beauty of it, isn't it? The inspiration that 118 has brought to the 2012 FRC game will go down as one of the legends in our history. They have inspired us in so many ways already:
- the risky and elegant design
- the documentation and in-depth discussions regarding the risks of the design
- what they are doing for this game, encouraging curiosity, adventure, integrity, and good sportsmanship - all in Week 1
- what they are doing for the Central Texas region - bringing their A game to a 2nd year Regional and sharing that A game with the veteran teams and rookie teams, alike - all the while, dealing with the glaring spotlight and the impact of the decision regarding their design

And these are just the aspects of the legend that I've thought about since their video release and throughout yesterday and today. I can't wait to follow them throughout their competition season and to celebrate with them as they go.

We are all very lucky to have FRC 118, the Robonauts, ready to rumble this 2012 FRC season. It's incredible.

Jane

[GilaMonsterAlex]

This is an awesome robot. I can see how this can be ruled illegal, but that doesn't take away from the fact that this robot can do this. Pure Awesome!

Way to go 118!!