Team 254 Presents: Deadlift

[Karthik]

Originally Posted by Thad House

Why the off the shelf wheels, and what looks like thunderhex for the drive?

I'm assuming they didn't feel like photoshopping wheels in this year.

[asid61]

Originally Posted by Thad House

Why the off the shelf wheels, and what looks like thunderhex for the drive?

Maybe because colsons get better grip on the HDPE than they could get with other tread?

[orangemoore]

Originally Posted by Thad House

Why the off the shelf wheels, and what looks like thunderhex for the drive?

They had enough to engineer this year? Standard wheels will work fine for this year.

[Jacob Bendicksen]

Originally Posted by asid61

Maybe because colsons get better grip on the HDPE than they could get with other tread?

Pretty sure this thing would bottom out driving over the step with the clearance shown. Then again, it seems like there are a lot of things that still aren't being shown, so I'd guess that these aren't the actual wheels.

Awesome job guys - looks like another great season for 254.

[lcoreyl]

Originally Posted by Cory

1x10^27 inches, of course

which is 254 x 10^23 meters...

[Cash4587]

By the looks of it, they don't need to drive over the scoring platform that often. I would assume only on rare occasion they will drive over it judging it upon how tall their intake is but I don't know.

[Ozuru]

Originally Posted by connor.worley

How did we not think of the Mista Ej roomba tether?

Can someone explain this? Who is the nefarious Ej? I've seen him everywhere and seen pictures of his face but never understood it.

[Ginger Power]

Originally Posted by Ozuru

Can someone explain this? Who is the nefarious Ej? I've seen him everywhere and seen pictures of his face but never understood it.

Not on the team (obviously) but from talking with Nick Hammes, a mentor for the Poofs, EJ was a student on the original 254 team. He is now a mentor for the team and is the only person still on the team who was there at the beginning.

[xXhunter47Xx]

There's something sinister (in a good way) hiding behind that blue exterior, I can smell it. There's no way the robot is that simple (in terms of what it does).
Or maybe it is and I'm reading into it too much.
Also nice recycling of 2014's intake (hue, it's recycle rush so you gotta recycle right?)

[bEdhEd]

One of my initial ideas that I presented to my team was so similar to this robot, and other ones like it. Had to turn it down for simplicity's sake this season, though. Such a good looking work of art as always.

[Rypsnort]

My thought is that we are only seeing part of this bot. It looks too light and the intake rollers are higher up than I would expect. If this is the entire robot I can't wait to see how it works. You know it is going to be good. Good work 254 you never cease to amaze.

[waialua359]

Originally Posted by Ginger Power

Not on the team (obviously) but from talking with Nick Hammes, a mentor for the Poofs, EJ was a student on the original 254 team. He is now a mentor for the team and is the only person still on the team who was there at the beginning.

Well actually, the students on the original team were from a different high school.
We still have one of the students gold medal that he signed and gave to us back in 2000.
EJ was on the 2001 drive team from the current school. I oughta remember since we were their 3rd of 4 robots on the alliance at the California (name I forget) regional event.

-Glenn

[wesbass23]

Originally Posted by Mike Marandola

Maybe that could that explain this rogue tubing?

Plus those 8 tanks? Can't all be for the claw...

[Leav]

http://i.imgur.com/CLjDR6k.jpg

Discuss.

Originally Posted by Leav

http://i.imgur.com/CLjDR6k.jpg

Discuss.

Everything on the robot is photoshopped except the wheels.