pic: Seen at Fall Classic: Side

[EricH]

Originally Posted by Connor McBride

I noticed that there are manipulators on the robot. How did it perform at the event? were there any break downs and if so, what were they?

Honestly, I don't remember much, particularly as far as breakdowns. (Though there was that one wire that needed to be taped into place...) Performance was decent, not spectacular--about what a kitbot could do. I don't recall seeing the lift lift anything, though it did at one point snag a tote.

[EmileH]

Anyone have video of it in action?

[JesseK]

It would be interesting to see video of the drive in action, especially considering it didn't have to deal with a changing center of gravity w.r.t. totes. A closed frame design may alleviate some of the challenges with the long chain runs.

For a game with exclusion/safe zones, this setup could be interesting for specific robots - like 2012/2013, if you discount the balancing in 2012. Or even perhaps for a 2014 robot with a specific team/strategy mindset - after all, the Killer Bees proved all-omni was plausible in a defense-heavy game.

I'm all for reducing the number of wheels required to play

[Richard Wallace]

Originally Posted by JesseK

- after all, the Killer Bees proved all-omni was plausible in a defense-heavy game.

Off topic, but what 33 actually demonstrated is that floating like a butterfly can be a winning tactic, IF you can also sting like a bee.* This requires a very good driver. Which they had.

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Muhammad Ali demonstrated the same thing 40 years earlier, in a different sport.

[EricH]

Originally Posted by EmileH

Anyone have video of it in action?

Doesn't look like it, but I do know there was a stream, and I'm pretty sure the stream was saved. It's just that finding it is going to be interesting.

[GeeTwo]

Originally Posted by Richard Wallace

Off topic, but what 33 actually demonstrated is that floating like a butterfly can be a winning tactic, IF you can also sting like a bee.* This requires a very good driver. Which they had.

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Muhammad Ali demonstrated the same thing 40 years earlier, in a different sport.

You also have to be pretty doing it...

[JackFisher]

Is that a cut resin or polymer or is it poured? How heavy?

[EricH]

Originally Posted by JackFisher

Is that a cut resin or polymer or is it poured? How heavy?

I'd have to ask the team. It's not poured, I don't think--you don't pour fiberglass. Heavy... I'd say that the main reason this particular robot needs a 2-person carry is awkwardness rather than weight. Try an easy pickup of one end with one hand.

[Andrew Schreiber]

Originally Posted by EricH

Right the first time. You should see their regular-season robot.

Got pictures for those of us on the other coast?


You can't make a statement like that and not provide a picture.

[saikiranra]

Originally Posted by Andrew Schreiber

Got pictures for those of us on the other coast?


You can't make a statement like that and not provide a picture.

Found on their Twitter.