Team 122 is done!

[Fat Alex]

Hey we are done as well










just kidding we took an old robot to do the programming and see how the boxes fell. hope to see you all in houston

[Johca_Gaorl]

Nice Ramp!

[George A.]

The funny thing is, that robot is the same one as last year. What is the purpose of the basket on top?

[Erinn888]

Team 60... where did you find the polyethylene for the top of the ramp??

[Johca_Gaorl]

Originally posted by M.O.R.T.
The funny thing is, that robot is the same one as last year. What is the purpose of the basket on top?

To dump balls...

[D.Fahringer]

"My question is is this "custom segway" made from only kit parts...if so I think that is awsome and 122 needs to be posting a how to ;-) ;-)"

The 122 segway was a good pre-season project that
probably should be explained a bit. Our version was designed
to be as light as possible (31 lbs.) and as low in CG as possible,
(Plus cheap) There are currently three gear sets low, medium and fast. Low gear could pull a robot cart and rider no problem.
medium is easiest to ride, and fast is for hot doggin!
The gears and motor/wheel mounts are waterjetted aluminum.
The 1998/2001 window motors were selected because they are
thin and can be mounted with the lowest CG they are also a
little underpowered but you cant get everything sometimes.
The base is lightweight honeycomb aluminum sheet, the steering stalk and handlebars are PVC pipe and the battery case is Lexan
sheet. The wheels are cheap 12 inch diameter wheels with 1/2"
dia. bearings. larger Skyways would be better! (and they sponsor FIRST!) The standard robot battery at 17 lbs is the majority of the weight.
The controls are twist grip type PVC which acts on a set of Potentiometers through "O" ring contact.
The right grip is just like the throttle on a motorcycle so if you have "wheelie" experience you will feel at home. the left grip
steers the unit left or right. Once you get your balance
and spin left or right you can forget that you are turning and correct your balance with the right grip just as before. (This
feels great!) The pic chip handles the control mixing very well!
It is also set to interrupt steering in the event that you are fighting to regain your balance, which is very handy.


Until we get a site that has this Team 122 project on it you can
e-mail me at fahringer@widomaker.com for additional info and closeup photos of any area of interest!

We could really use a donated/traded left and right hand set of window motors with harness also!

Dave Fahringer
Team 122
Engineering Tech. Mentor
NASA Langley/New Horizons

[Fat Alex]

Originally posted by Erinn888
Team 60... where did you find the polyethylene for the top of the ramp??

We won the right to buy the ramp or half of it. We chose half of it.

[Erinn888]

ok cool thanks

[codeseeker]

Ya know what I think.....one of the pics with the tub that has a puncture hole in it.....pic #15.....it kinda looks like someone put a foot thru the container.....just a hunch.....but if so who in the world would do a thing like that? :wink:

[Taiguy]

yea, but who cares if the robots already done!??

what about stacking bins ridiculously high, say hypothetically... 12 tall, trying to move it, and then watching it come crashing down on an unwary team member in a box... nah, feet are the last thing these bins need to worry about