2012 NYC Robots

[Chinmay]

846, the Funky Monkeys are excited to be coming from California, and we are bringing our robot "Tail of the Monkey"

Some specs:

Drive train:

Long 6-wheel drive, plaction wheels, two-speed(high gear 16 ft/sec, low gear 6 ft/sec)
Scoring system:
Full width drop down ball collector
Conveyer accepts balls from the floor and inbounder station
Pneumatic actuators tension belts to control shooter feed

Shooter:

Single roller powered by one Banebots motor; two position hood
controls trajectory

Finale:

Drop down wedge (Tail of the Monkey)
Autonomous or manual balancing of the bridge.

Misc.:

Uses CAN
Looks awesome

Status: Ready for Business
Weight: 114 lbs

Picture here:
http://cl.ly/2i393H2N3g3H3i1l073g
We know the bumpers are illegal as shown in the picture

Good luck, and we'll see you at the competition

-Chinmay