1986 Team Titanium 2013 Reveal

[jspatz1]

Originally Posted by Wing

I just have one thing to say:

Please don't think we took the arm idea from you.

And please don't think we took it from you. Once we found the discs were scoopable, it seemed like the thing to do.

[Blackphantom91]

Paradox thinking is what it is!

[Anupam Goli]

Originally Posted by jspatz1

And please don't think we took it from you. Once we found the discs were scoopable, it seemed like the thing to do.

Haha, you're right. Before we settled on the arm idea, we were looking at ways of making a drop down intake, but with our robot's dimensions, it seemed like a complex geometry problem, so we just took a bit of inspiration from Team 67. I thought the arm idea was a unique way of picking up frisbees, but until i saw Titanium's video today, i was skeptical of its effectiveness and our team was thinking of scrapping it between our week 1 and week 3 competitions for a drop down intake. Glad to see you guys pulled it off so well!

[Woolly]

Looks as good online as it did in person, yet another solid effort by 1986. See you at GKC, OKC, and hopefully Worlds.

[lemiant]

Why does this thread not include more bowing???? Honestly the best robot I've seen so far. Elegant and simply amazing.

[GearsOfFury]

Truly outstanding in its simplicity. There *should* be more bowing! Not a knock against anyone, but this bot appears to be just as strong as 118 but far simpler - amazingly well done!

As far as comparisons go, it's not clear if it has the range of shootability that we see in the 118 video? In any case, thanks for sharing and great job!

[Adam Freeman]

Congratulations on another awesome machine!

I love this robot for obvious reasons...

But, I haven't seen any one mention that this is a very "1986-like" robot. It's like a combination of their 2011 and 2012 robots, built to shoot and climb.

Incredible design! I wish we would have built this robot instead of what we have.

Good luck this season.

[jspatz1]

Originally Posted by EagleEngineer

see the reason why your team is awesome is because you score 42 points in auto.

We hope that is not the only reason. We have an amazing team of students working year-round to achieve some amazing things besides the robot.

As for scoring, our aspirations are 42 autonomous, 60 teleop, and 30 climb.

[jspatz1]

Originally Posted by GearsOfFury

As far as comparisons go, it's not clear if it has the range of shootability that we see in the 118 video? In any case, thanks for sharing and great job!

Our only regret with the video is that we did not show more shooting from other positions. We have multiple shot angles and can shoot from anywhere around, inside, or in front of the pyramid. We have a lofty shot that can score in the pyramid goal, but unless that success rate is 3/4 or better it is not worth doing. As for the full court shot, we have the range and accuracy, but chose not to pursue that loading scheme. Because it is so easily defended we do not consider it a viable strategy.

[EagleEngineer]

Originally Posted by jspatz1

We hope that is not the only reason. We have an amazing team of students working year-round to achieve some amazing things besides the robot.

As for scoring, our aspirations are 42 autonomous, 60 teleop, and 30 climb.

ya i kinda realized that after i posted, the fastest 30 pt hang ive seen so far, amazing spatula pickup (i wish we thought of that), really nice shooting, and i love the 8 wheel drive. You guys are awesome on every level.

[JohnChristensen]

You guys built a very impressive robot once again this year. Congrats to you all! I'll be watching Hub City next weekend were I expect you will be playing in the finals. Best of luck this year.

[1986titans]

Looks great again this year. Looking forward to seeing it at GKC and OKC.

[Mr. Lim]

wow... just...


wow

[kenavt]

I saw in some of your weekly videos you guys were practicing vision tracking discs, presumably for autonomous. Have/are you guys doing so now? And do you have any interesting electrical/programming features that wouldn't come out in this video?

[Alpha Beta]

Originally Posted by kenavt

I saw in some of your weekly videos you guys were practicing vision tracking discs, presumably for autonomous. Have/are you guys doing so now? And do you have any interesting electrical/programming features that wouldn't come out in this video?

We have vision code ready to go. So far we haven't needed it. The Pyramid discs are so close to our starting position that they are impossible to miss and the humans haven't had any difficulty aiming the robot at the center of the far discs. Distance isn't a factor either considering Q&A #429.

Lots of little features like a servo finger that holds the 2nd disk back in a double load so we don't jam and two tilting tusks that give the robot a new angle to hang from when extending our Sky Hook. Limit switch on the sky hook so the driver knows it has made a solid connection with the next level before pulling off the spring loaded hooks below. The shooter has 4 different angles, and every time it moves the Sky Hook and Ground Feed Mechanism both move momentarily to avoid mechanical interference... The devil is in the details as they say.

We are planning to have our 42 point autonomous code and auto climbing sequence on a poster in our pit.