Team 254 Presents: Barrage

[cjl2625]

Wow, amazing robot!

I guess the skystalker video had some truth to it with the wheel shooter.

[Tom Bottiglieri]

Originally Posted by Navid Shafa

*My only question: Is there hot detection for path selection, or is it 3 hot/3 not?*

3 hot.

[Navid Shafa]

Originally Posted by Tom Bottiglieri

3 hot.

I figured as much.

What methods do you use for compensating shots with under-inflated and grossly over-inflated balls?

[Sparkyshires]

Absolutely speechless. That robot is beautiful! I cannot wait to see you guys compete.

[Pat Fairbank]

Originally Posted by Navid Shafa

What methods do you use for compensating shots with under-inflated and grossly over-inflated balls?

Not shooting from 18' away.

[BL0X3R]

Do you guys have a picture of it yet? I'd love to be able to use it as one of my desktop wallpapers.

Originally Posted by Torrance

The material is 1" OD Polyurethane tubing from McMaster-Carr. It's a bit tricky to get on the shaft, but it usually works wells and doesn't wear too easily.

What keeps the tubing spinning on the shaft? Is the friction alone enough to get the job done or is there some kind of mechanical latch holding it on?

[Jared Russell]

Originally Posted by Andrew Lawrence

What keeps the tubing spinning on the shaft? Is the friction alone enough to get the job done or is there some kind of mechanical latch holding it on?

A lot of friction. The material isn't going anywhere. We had to be creative to get it onto the shaft in the first place.

[themccannman]

Best wood robot I've ever seen.

Actual question though, do you think the strong backspin on the balls will cause issue with the balls bouncing back out of the goals or have you already tested whether or not this is an issue.

#clapclap

[DampRobot]

Originally Posted by Answer42

Fantastic robot as always. I'm sure a lot of qualification matches against this bot will be over in that first 10 seconds. Might even be the year that we see someone beat the 2056/1114 combo.

And you wonder why they're going to compete against a team that has never lost a regional the last year they'll be playing regionals...

[Jared Russell]

Originally Posted by themccannman

Best wood robot I've ever seen.

Actual question though, do you think the strong backspin on the balls will cause issue with the balls bouncing back out of the goals or have you already tested whether or not this is an issue.

#clapclap

We have had the horizontal bars behind our goals all season, and the arc of the shot has been optimized with this in mind. We have not noticed a lot of bounce backs.

[CaptainDanger]

OH. MY. ROBOT.
I'm sooooo excited to meet the bot at Waterloo, it is GORGEOUS #suchrobot #muchwow

[Akash Rastogi]

Originally Posted by Jared Russell

We have had the horizontal bars behind our goals all season, and the arc of the shot has been optimized with this in mind. We have not noticed a lot of bounce backs.

Very cool. It's always details like these that set 254's robots apart.

[rcmolloy]

Liked what I saw earlier in the season and liked what I saw this weekend. Hopefully we can have some fun in a match or more at CVR.

[dipmeinaluminum]

I cried for 20 mins straight.