610 Presents: Stingray

[Matthew Lang]

Hi CD,

Over the past 3 days, Jordan Grant and Jacob Kachura, two seniors on 610, have worked tirelessly to produce this reveal video for our robot, Stingray.

EDIT: New link with minor modifications

Lots of thanks to our mentors for their patience and perseverance over the past six weeks. We will be competing at GTRW, North Bay, and Championships (pre-qualifying from last season).

Feel free to ask questions, we will answer them all this time.

[jsasaki]

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[Akash Rastogi]

That intake is one of the best I've seen so far.

Very impressive everything, including a great video and a great song!

Best of luck!

[n1ckd2012]

Most impressive!

Can you provide some insight as to why chose your collector design over a BoomDone collector?

Is your catapult cocked and released with a 550 and a giant Cam?

[wilsonmw04]

interesting song choice for a school based team.

[Jay O'Donnell]

So far, this is my favorite robot that I've seen from the reveal videos. Very creative intake design.

[Karthik]

Originally Posted by Akash Rastogi

Very impressive everything, including a great video and a great song!

Seconded. This is a video, like 118's last year, that I could picture being shown on MTV. Great work.

[cmrnpizzo14]

Welp, there back.

Great bot, I love the huge cradle you have on the catapult. I'm assuming it catches very well because of it. Looks like it has solid drivers as usual.

[jamierose]

Originally Posted by n1ckd2012

Most impressive!

Can you provide some insight as to why chose your collector design over a BoomDone collector?

Is your catapult cocked and released with a 550 and a giant Cam?

That's exactly how our catapult is fired, although it is geared down quite a bit, as you might expect.

As for your first question, we found that our current style of intake is incredibly effective. It might not be that clear from the video, but if the ball even barely touches our intake rollers from almost any direction, it's in the robot. It may look different from the BoomDone design, but I can pretty much guarantee that it is just as effective, if not more so.

[GBilletdeaux930]

Originally Posted by jamierose

As for your first question, we found that our current style of intake is incredibly effective. It might not be that clear from the video, but if the ball even barely touches our intake rollers from almost any direction, it's in the robot. It may look different from the BoomDone design, but I can pretty much guarantee that it is just as effective, if not more so.

Why the wrists? I am not seeing any benefit to being able to be either straight or angled. Judging from other robots, both work just as effectively. Could you just not decide?

[jamierose]

Originally Posted by GBilletdeaux930

Why the wrists? I am not seeing any benefit to being able to be either straight or angled. Judging from other robots, both work just as effectively. Could you just not decide?

The angled configuration is used for picking up the ball and carrying it around without letting it fall out of the robot. The straight configuration is mostly used when shooting so the intake doesn't interfere with the ball or the catapult, but we also use it when catching.

[s_forbes]

I really dig the fingers, clever intake mechanism!

[jamierose]

Originally Posted by s_forbes

I really dig the fingers, clever intake mechanism!

We actually call them the "eyebrows". What we call the "fingers" are small attachments at the top of the shooter that allow us to modify the angle and length of the shooter without modifying the entire shooter itself.

It's easiest to see them in the black and white shot at 2:02/2:03 on the right side of the shooter. They're the transparent bits that stick out the end.

[Duncan Macdonald]

Originally Posted by GBilletdeaux930

Why the wrists? I am not seeing any benefit to being able to be either straight or angled. Judging from other robots, both work just as effectively. Could you just not decide?

It was a conscious decision. The benefits include pinching action to hold ball securely and the ability to shoot between between the intake arms without exposing them outside the bumper. I'm sure a detailed closeup of the intake arms will be coming soon, hopefully with the different design revisions. They are designed to be hit or sideswiped and pop back into shape as well as acquire the ball quickly.

[Nathan Streeter]

Great looking robot and video! Looks like it has had time for tuning and practicing... which I'm sure will be as big a difference-maker as ever! Best of luck this season!

We enjoyed the chance you guys got to come down to GSR for its final year... it is a shame that the district model currently closes off borders!