Einstein Can-Race Compilation Video

[Jaywalker1711]

Originally Posted by Bennett548

Don't thank just us! The Raptors somehow built those in two weeks with no unbag time. It took us three to build our first set, and we had some unbag time.

To be completely honest, even I was shocked that we had them built and working in time. It was a lot more late nights in the build room and CAD lab.

It wasn't easy, we had to change our A-frame to accommodate the double burglars and then add mounts onto our drive base (and hack away a but of aluminum).

I just wish that we had more time on the practice field. They were never running at full power (because we were never consistent that way) and it took us all of quals to even get them working decently. I was ecstatic when they finally started working well in Carson elims.


And while 548 wasn't on Einsteins, 4 of their canburglars were. How cool is that.

[TJP123]

Originally Posted by Adam Freeman

Unfortunately we did not design for the can battle stalemate very well. Due to the nature of having them as part of our transport configuration required us to be able to attach them on the field very quickly. We did not have a robust attachment stategy which ultimately resulted in our arms faliure in the division finals. If we would have made it to Einstein our arms probably would have been ripped off the robot after the first tie. Which seemed pretty inevitable since we were very close to the same speed as most of the teams out there.

Our end grabbers were about $1.50 worth of PVC held on with cotter pins. I can't find video yet, but on Archimedes QF6(?-our second match) and all three SF matches we got into some epic battles due to not wanting to back up and risk ruining a 20-point auton.

We got to the cans first, (maybe not against 1538, they were pretty fast) but pretty much let the other side catch up, then the fun began. We never lost a can that we hit, even in our first SF match where we didn't put the pins in. 15 feet of stretched surgical tubing later, we even ended up with that can. For about 30 seconds (x4), this game was as fun as any other.

I've got to find those videos.

[chapman1]

When reading through this thread and understanding how 548 Robostangs inspired and facilitated so many competing teams in the Finals by openly sharing their grabber technology, one gets a glimpse of the true meaning of co-opertition.