pic: Team 3647: Underweight Robot?

[Freeloder123]

wait you still dont know what next years competion is

[Mk.32]

Originally Posted by Freeloder123

wait you still dont know what next years competion is

This is a Rebound Rumble robot, an off season project for the team to complete in off season competitions.

And we plan to post the final unnerving soon

[DampRobot]

Originally Posted by Mk.32

And we plan to post the final unnerving soon

This robot is so scary that you call revealing it unnerving? Anyway, if you could get full functionality with such a light robot, why didn't other teams do it? The lightest team I remember seeing were the Space Cookies, at about 90lbs. They didn't have the most functional robot, and 10 lbs is a lot to lose to get to 80. Just a little skeptical, not trying to criticize.

[Brandon Holley]

Originally Posted by DampRobot

This robot is so scary that you call revealing it unnerving? Anyway, if you could get full functionality with such a light robot, why didn't other teams do it? The lightest team I remember seeing were the Space Cookies, at about 90lbs. They didn't have the most functional robot, and 10 lbs is a lot to lose to get to 80. Just a little skeptical, not trying to criticize.

I have no inference to what the OP is doing with their robot, but...

After a build season where you most likely made mistakes along the way you'd like to correct, and a competition season where you've seen literally HUNDREDS of other solutions to the identical problem- you may be able to find significant ways to to reduce weight.

I know our team has quite a few in mind if we were to "do it again" so to speak.

-Brando

[IndySam]

Originally Posted by DampRobot

This robot is so scary that you call revealing it unnerving? Anyway, if you could get full functionality with such a light robot, why didn't other teams do it? The lightest team I remember seeing were the Space Cookies, at about 90lbs. They didn't have the most functional robot, and 10 lbs is a lot to lose to get to 80. Just a little skeptical, not trying to criticize.

3940 was so light they had to add 30lbs of ballast to give themselves a bit more traction and more closely match the weight of other robots when balancing. They functioned better that at least 80% of the robots out there.

I'm sure there are many more fine examples that haven't posted their weights, so who knows.

[BrendanB]

I remember our 2008 hurdler Fezzik came in around 80lbs!

[Mk.32]

There was a lot of things we learned and redid on this robot, which is probably the reason for the much lower weight. As well as taking some more time to look at the designs and figure out where we can cut weight and make a lighter frame.

However it kinda sucks that this year is one of the few years you want a robot near the 120lbs limit... xD

[DBortnick]

Awesome, I'm interested to see the design.

Can I ask: what kind of scale do you use to weigh your robot?

Edit*** Sorry I'm having a dumb moment. The model of the scale is clearly visible in the picture.

[Lil' Lavery]

I remember my senior year on 116 we set our robot on the inspection scale without removing the battery. As we were setting it down, the inspector pointed mentioned that fact out to us, then turned to read the scale and said "never mind." We were barely over 100 lbs with the battery in. We took it out anyway just to get a proper reading on a competition scale.