AndyMark Parts Feedback 2015

[Nuttyman54]

1983 used the LJ Bevel Boxes in our drivetrain this year. There were a few quality issues with the bearing bores not being straight/lined up across the box and with some flashing left in a few of the bevel gear teeth that we had to file out. We bought 9 (2 robots + spare), and only 8 were really usable. We put the 4 best on the comp bot and the others on the practice robot. There was a noticeable difference in robot speed and battery draw, but ultimately they ran fine all season on both robots.

I would love to see these with a 1/2" hex output, since 3/8" hex COTS parts don't have the same available selection as 1/2" hex does.

From what I recall, that was the only AndyMark product we used on our robot this year. We had plans to run modified supershifters and all kinds of fun things, but then Recycle Rush happened.

Originally Posted by Gregor

We didn't use many AM parts this year, but we watched many teams running the stock kitbot beach themselves on the bump.

In prior years (2010 & 2012), there was been some kind of modification to allow for traversing, or at least not getting stuck on obstacles.

I believe this should be an important requirement for designing future kitbots.

I don't have the timecode reference handy, but Kate Pilotte mentioned on the Kit of Parts episode of Behind the Lines that the scoring platforms weren't added until something like October 2014, with the kitbot design already finalized and in manufacturing, so not much AndyMark could do at that point. The GDC did their best to implement a platform design which was capable of being traversed by the kitbot, but ultimately some team modifications were needed to avoid all potential problems.