Coolest 'Bot Carts

[Mark Garver]

Originally Posted by Jverdon

I was told they have five different versions of it including a Hummer.

We actually do not have a Hummer body. It has been talked about developing a Hummer body, but at this time we do not have one. We do however have 5 of the truck bodies. I am unaware of all of the different colors because they do change from time to time. We started with 6 bodies in 1999; however after that season each of the team members signed one and gave it to our executive sponsor, Tom Stephens.

Originally Posted by Jverdon

the best cart I've seen was the fork lift one, that one team had at the Canadian Regionals last year, forgot the team number though

That cart was actually 1305's. Great team!! We won the Waterloo Regional with them this year and were alliance partners in Atlanta.

Originally Posted by Jverdon

I was wondering if anyone had pictures of Truck town thunder's last years cart? Also I was hoping to see some pics of their cart this year if there are any. I hope they built an awsome cart this year and are going to nationals, I would really like to see it. Also If anyone can answer these please do so. On their cart last year what kind of battery did they use, and how'd they keep it from going dead so fast, since they had all the stuff on it? Also i was wondering if they were worried at all about leaving all the stuff in their cart throughout the night at regionals and nationals. Or did they take it with them for safe keeping?

I have actually uploaded a photo of our cart this year at the Boilermaker Regional which can be found at:

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/pi...&quiet=Verbose

We did change bodies before Atlanta; going back to my favorite one, red.

The cart has 4 batteries, each 6 volts, wired in series. These are kept under the bed portion of the truck. We charge it every night and usually between when we use it during the day (depending). The batteries are great and they are actually good for a long period of time.

I really don't understand the last portion of your question, since we don't really have much on the cart at any one time. I can tell you that we have never had any problems with people messing with the cart; something great about the FIRST community.


I will keep looking for some more pictures of the cart from '99 and '00. Those two years there were some interesting paint jobs done to the cart.

[Cowmankoza]

Originally Posted by Tamster548

Come check us out at the Great Lakes Regional, Boilermaker Regional, and Nationals
Here's kinda an outdated picture of our current cart:



Info about Team 548's cart:

The Front Portion: worthy of a rock concert
- Entirely designed and built by students
- Custom molded fiberglass for containing stereo components
- Includes video and audio stimulants
· Blaupunkt LCD Screen
· Blaupunkt head unit with a DVD player
· Keypad ignition/turn-on circuitry
· Keyfob controlled electronics
· Four Blaupunkt 6.5” speakers
· Two 300-watt Blaupunkt sub amps
· One 450-watt Blaupunkt speaker amp
· Street Glow neon accessories for eye candy

The Back Portion: form over function
- Diamond plate accents for a robust look
- Street Glow neon accessories for eye candy
- Consists of storage “cabinet” space for tools and batteries
- Includes storage space for parts trays
- Includes pneumatic robot lift to create an elevated workspace
· Four 8” throw pneumatic lifts
· Two 6x9” Blaupunkt speakers
· Four 5.25” Blaupunkt speakers

That is a beautiful cart, me and a few other from my team saw you guys in atl and were inspired to make a cart, 4 of us funded our cart project privatly as a surprise to the team, whats straped to ours is an 1800 watt 5 channel amp, about 2000 watts of audio run off the amp and the stereo (too many speakers than i care to list), a police beacon, spinning rim grills for our 12 inch subs, 2 lcd's run off our stereo/dvd player and a custom paint job thanks to our schools toyota automotive paint program. The thing is powered off a heavy duty, heavy cycle marine battey (3 days to charge, lasts for...3 days)

[Mr.G]

Here is our cart we are very happy with how it turned out.

Features:
Holds 2 Battery's in back tray's.
Holds 6 Battery's and 2 chargers on front tray.
Has 2 compressors from prior years robots.
Has ~3 gallon air tank (far side)
Has 3 drawers for tools.
Holds 2 joysticks and the RC on the top tray.
Robot height can be adjusted up and down 1 foot.
At current height a full sized robot can fit through most doors while on cart.

[the_short1]

Indeed.. team 68 (truck team thunder), team 1305 has a forklift thats pretty cool too... . and i forgot the team, but they had a whole cart with tons of subs , dvd, LCD, all black high gloss fiberglass.. twas amazing!

[Nuttyman54]

Originally Posted by the_short1

Indeed.. team 68 (truck team thunder), team 1305 has a forklift thats pretty cool too... . and i forgot the team, but they had a whole cart with tons of subs , dvd, LCD, all black high gloss fiberglass.. twas amazing!

is the cart you're referring to the one pictured 2 posts above yours? If so, that's team 548

[KTorak]

I'll have to post photos of our cart before GLR or get some at GLR. We had it CAD'ed on Wednesday, ordered the materials (everything will be cut and machined) and we should have it by Monday afternoon. We're building it Monday night and then adding the cool features to it on Tuesday. It's gonna be pretty much self contained...just return to our pits and plug it in so we can charge our batteries and run some other top secret equipment

[David Guzman]

Keep an eye for pictures of 1251's cart, built and funded by freshmen. ( well now sophomores)

Also check it out at UCF.

[Andrew Rudolph]

Originally Posted by David Guzman

Keep an eye for pictures of 1251's cart, built and funded by freshmen. ( well now sophomores)

Also check it out at UCF.

I've seen it, its pretty hott.

[Rick TYler]

You've probably guessed that we are using a Navy/Top Gun theme this year. Now that our season is over, a student suggested "why don't we build a cart that looks like an aircraft carrier?" Sure. NOW he thinks of it ...

[Koko Ed]

If there was any doubt that Truck Town has the coolest bot cart in all of FIRST just check out their cart from 2000:

[VEN]

they had that on display at waterloo, pretty cool! I like the Iron Bears cart..with the horn and such, good job!

[Invictus3593]

Originally Posted by Mr.G

Here is our cart we are very happy with how it turned out.

Features:
Holds 2 Battery's in back tray's.
Holds 6 Battery's and 2 chargers on front tray.
Has 2 compressors from prior years robots.
Has ~3 gallon air tank (far side)
Has 3 drawers for tools.
Holds 2 joysticks and the RC on the top tray.
Robot height can be adjusted up and down 1 foot.
At current height a full sized robot can fit through most doors while on cart.

That's legit!! Simple and small is the way to go. Is it motorized?

I think this year 3593 is going to try and build a drivable cart; we haven't ever had the funds to do it before now

[tkell274]

I have yet to see any robot carts like truck towns at the competitions I've gone to but I have seen some pretty cool ones. My favorite is team 2013 the cybergnomes. Their cart is very nice looking and can be actually driven around instead of just pushed which I think is pretty awesome. It even has safety lights and sounds to let people know when it's coming and going.

[rachelholladay]

Our 2013 cart reveal: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31UVNcLHuTk

[aditya29]

Originally Posted by tkell274

My favorite is team 2013 the cybergnomes. Their cart is very nice looking and can be actually driven around instead of just pushed which I think is pretty awesome. It even has safety lights and sounds to let people know when it's coming and going.

Saw this in Boston and was really impressed. Love that they can sit down and drive it. Very cool