pic: Robostangs 2012 Final Robot

[Robogineer1649]

I loved this robot one of my favorites and after coming back from St. Louis i spent a few hours trying to figure out the one different looking robot i saw on Einstein. I love your design to raise your shooter even higher i presume to get more accurate shots and you didn't need a camera because of this.
Congratulations on a great season!

[Bjenks548]

Originally Posted by Robogineer1649

I love your design to raise your shooter even higher i presume to get more accurate shots and you didn't need a camera because of this.
Congratulations on a great season!

We did have a camera on the robot (on the right "smoke stack"). We have auto tracking but when shooting from the fender the camera is not needed. When key shooting, the driver simply looked down at the classmate screen and knew where the backboard needed to be. Thanks to everyone for all the compliments, I thought we were crazy at the start to. Also it find our inspiration for this design...FRC548-2011
Ps. the tubes are COT's and nothing is exactly the same between the two.
Pps. We don't have a name for this yet, nothing seemed to stick. Suggestions?

[sdcantrell56]

Originally Posted by Bjenks548

We did have a camera on the robot (on the right "smoke stack"). We have auto tracking but when shooting from the fender the camera is not needed. When key shooting, the driver simply looked down at the classmate screen and knew where the backboard needed to be. Thanks to everyone for all the compliments, I thought we were crazy at the start to. Also it find our inspiration for this design...FRC548-2011
Ps. the tubes are COT's and nothing is exactly the same between the two.
Pps. We don't have a name for this yet, nothing seemed to stick. Suggestions?

Where did you get the carbon from?

[mikemat]

Originally Posted by sdcantrell56

Where did you get the carbon from?

Rock west composites.

On the subject of a name, last year was Scorpio, so perhaps Sagittarius is appropriate.

[Travis Hoffman]

Originally Posted by mikemat

Rock west composites.

I was just browsing that site today. Can you point me toward the exact materials used for both your 2011 and 2012 robots?

[mikemat]

Originally Posted by Travis Hoffman

I was just browsing that site today. Can you point me toward the exact materials used for both your 2011 and 2012 robots?

Unfortunately I can't remember more than outer diameters off the top of my head (3in, .75in and .5in iirc). I'll see if I can find some more info once we can get back into our lab.

[sdcantrell56]

Wow that carbon tubing is surprisingly affordable

[jmiller48167]

The large uprights are 83mm in diameter, 4-bar arm is 1.25in diameter, and the barrel and ingester is .75in diameter. Most are in 60in lengths.

[Gregor]

How did you find the 17 FPS. Was the robot still "easily" controllable, or would a slower speed have helped.

[Bjenks548]

Originally Posted by Gregor01

How did you find the 17 FPS. Was the robot still "easily" controllable, or would a slower speed have helped.

Driver isn't on chief delphi, but he has the most natural talent I've seen out of a driver. He used the speed well and we have it drop into low gear if the arm is raised. Just because it can go fast doesn't mean he has the joystick maxed out often. Also, with a fast drivetrain I highly recommend having a low gear as well, we used it a lot.