Image Discuss: team 854's robot

[CD47-Bot]

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[mista_sparkalo]

We are able to stack 3 boxes if we are top loading, or stack as many as we want, if we are bottom loading. The whole mechanism tilts all the way back, so that the robot can go under the bar.

[ngreen]

wow. those are huge wheels. neat arm and bot.

[Clanat]

It looks like a good design, albiet with some exposed parts. How do you intent to protect them?

[Solace]

yeah, one good hit and that compressor is gone

[mista_sparkalo]

we plan on having bumpers around at least the compressor
actually that compressor is pretty tough, we tried to get knock it off, but couldn't

[Gadget470]

Protect the compresser. A bumper won't save it. No matter how many 'controlled' tests you've done, it will bust.

The best 'controlled' test you can do to see if you'll break it: Hit it with a baseball bat. Think it won't break from that? do it, but be prepared to buy a spare. Think it would break? Move it somewhere else.

There will be some very high impacts and a broken compresser due to poor design will mean you are not given a backup at competition.

[sanddrag]

That wet parking lot may not be the best place for expensive electronics.

[f22flyboy]

looks to be a simple, effective design, albeit the compressor issue

[Tony]

Gotta love those wheels. I'm sure you'll find a solution to the compressor issue. As for the power claim that it can pull a camry and a van...

WOW!!

If it has even a quarter of strength in that claim, that's monster power.

Best of luck!


aTm

[mista_sparkalo]

we will post the video of the robot pulling the two cars shortly

[Cory]

looks pretty good, we could pull about the same weight last year, but we had trouble pulling two cars since we could never get them perfectly in line. Good luck this year.

Cory

[mista_sparkalo]

oh, one more thing that we forgot to mention. Our robot can shift gears, by sliding the already made shifter on the drill motors.

we used a couple or modified metal pieces and the two servos under both the drills motors.

The robot shift beautifully, although we have to stop before we shift. To date we have not had any grinding of the drill gearboxes due to poor shifting. (only when the drivers were going forward while shifting.)

In high gear it will scoot around at about 3 m/s, which is pretty fast. In low, as we mentioned, it will pull a car and a van.