Team 1732 Pickup Prototype

[Ernst]

We've finally manged to figure out a pickup prototype that works just how we want. It can pick up in any orientation and allows easy reorienting.

Here's a video.


On a different note, are you guys planning on crossing the bump this year? Any bridge manipulators out there?

[mrnoble]

Oh my.

Do you mean the big bump with the tunnel underneath? We just figured we'd grab the tower.

[Wildcats1378]

Uh, am I reading something wrong or is this a year late ^.^

[R1ffSurf3r]

Originally Posted by Wildcats1378

Uh, am I reading something wrong or is this a year late ^.^

Or 3

[Kevin Sevcik]

We're still figuring out how to get a robot to maneuver well with slick wheels on regolith.

[efoote868]

Originally Posted by Kevin Sevcik

We're still figuring out how to get a robot to maneuver well with slick wheels on regolith.

My team was considering forgetting the balls and just going for the bar, it's worth 50 points you know.

[Taylor]

Be careful - you may get corn kernels jammed in your pneumatics.

[Peyton Yeung]

Did anyone see a use for that doubler ball? it didn't seem to fit in the goal

[George1902]

A floppy got stuck in our drive chain again last night...

[IndySam]

I don't think we need a mini bot.

[philso]

The team I worked with last year also competed in VEX. They used a similar concept to pick up the cylinders. They implemented the concept totally differently but their "Lasso" got them a design award.