Robowranglers 2015: Batman & Robin

[cjl2625]

Originally Posted by dodar

And the alliance loses a HP station.

Can't another robot push Robin out of the way?

[GearsOfFury]

Originally Posted by dradel

Great concept, but have a few questions.
What happens when/if another bot sucks the tether in and gets tangled, or cuts the tether in their chain drive?
Secondly what size wires are run in the tether?? Thinking about 30' of run, would have to be pretty thick to handle the current draw.

I can't see the details, but if you only had pneumatics on Robin, with some pre-charged air, you'd only need to run solenoid control across the tether...

Edit: Ok it's obviously motor powered, but still a thought, if you're worried about that sort of thing.

[xXhunter47Xx]

Originally Posted by Oblarg

While having a robot/strategy that can win without alliance partners is great and extremely impressive, telling your alliance partners to hit their e-stop buttons so as not to interfere with your robot is not going to build goodwill and, in my estimation, is not really in the spirit of the competition.

I'd think a simple "please don't drive over our wires" would suffice, really.

I showed this to the senior members of my team and we were in shock and awe and indirectly agreed that if this bot was on our alliance we'd just stand and watch instead of drive.

[Cyan]

Honestly, is this even high school anymore.

[TylerS]

Originally Posted by Cyan

Honestly, is this even high school anymore.

No its Jupiter

But seriously 148 this is amazing and hopefully we will be at champs to see you guys again!

[LDiDomenico]

This is truly amazing. Way to go Team 148. I love the creativity and every aspect of your robot.

[Christopher149]

Originally Posted by DohertyBilly

Are the 3 auto bins still attached to the winch after auto? If so, how easily can they be used?

If you watch the video around 0:28-0:30, bottom half of frame, you can see 148 easily grabbing one of the horizontal Recycling Containers.

[DohertyBilly]

Originally Posted by Christopher149

If you watch the video around 0:28-0:30, bottom half of frame, you can see 148 easily grabbing on of the horizontal Recycling Containers.

Huh, didn't even notice part 3 in the back there, thought they were just nicely arranged...my mind has been blown all over again.

[Christopher149]

Originally Posted by DohertyBilly

Huh, didn't even notice part 3 in the back there, thought they were just nicely arranged...my mind has been blown all over again.

Watch yet again, because part 3 also appears from about 0:07-0:08 in the upper left quadrant.

[Kevin Leonard]

I'd rather this thread not turn into either
a) picking apart the robot's potential flaws (ex: But what if they drive over the tether?) I'm sure 148 has these figured out to the best of their ability.
or
b) "That robot was built by engineers not students"

If you really watch the reveal video a number of times and look hard at the individual mechanisms, they're not that complicated.
Batman has an arm, a short elevator, and a roller collector.
Robin has a short elevator and a little door mechanism.
"Catwoman" has some way to fall over and the spool that pulls the containers in.

The little engineering details that make this robot so great are what I marvel over. It's not complicated conceptually, but the whole thing is a brilliant, elegant solution to this years game.

If the 148 machines don't go far in divisional eliminations, I'd be very,very, surprised.

[xXhunter47Xx]

Originally Posted by Kevin Leonard

I'd rather this thread not turn into either
a) picking apart the robot's potential flaws (ex: But what if they drive over the tether?) I'm sure 148 has these figured out to the best of their ability.
or
b) "That robot was built by engineers not students"

If you really watch the reveal video a number of times and look hard at the individual mechanisms, they're not that complicated.
Batman has an arm, a short elevator, and a roller collector.
Robin has a short elevator and a little door mechanism.
"Catwoman" has some way to fall over and the spool that pulls the containers in.

The little engineering details that make this robot so great are what I marvel over. It's not complicated conceptually, but the whole thing is a brilliant, elegant solution to this years game.

If the 148 machines don't go far in divisional eliminations, I'd be very,very, surprised.

It really hasn't though. So far the general consensus seems to be in awe.
But yes I do agree. It's an amazing design and I'm actually kind of jealous.

[hardcopi]

It is a very cool set of bots, but I wonder how it well it will work with other bots. If it could work by itself then I think it is great. Can the tethers take being run over? Just feels like it might be a nightmare to try and work around losing a HP station and the tethers.

That said that is an amazing bot... bots?

[Munchskull]

Originally Posted by Dylan Danzeiser

I think it would be better if you didn't even bring it up....

On another note, nobody has commented on the lack of the signature 148 heavy metal that we get every year, and I miss it

Honestly I think that they had perfect music this year. Lyrics fit how game breaking there robot(s) is (are).

So it this one robot or three?

[Abhishek R]

Is there any particular reason this is on Vimeo? So that it doesn't get blocked on mobile or something?

[vhcook]

Ok, it's been an hour, and I can form words again. This is a delightful, amazing, and elegant solution to the game problem. I was expecting to see tetherbots, flopbots, and creative use of the absence of maximum horizontal dimensions this season. I was not expecting to see them in a single robot, combined with a suspension-bridge three-container, three-tote-stack auton. Wow.