WCP MCC Robot 2016 powered by VEXpro!

[MrBasse]

Originally Posted by nuclearnerd

Very nice design. Definitely a worthy contender. I especially like how the rotation manages to stay within the frame perimeter extension rules during the scale.

Unfortunately the CAD links are broken, otherwise I'd love to dig into it more.

Does it stay in? That sure looks way over 15" to me off the back/top of the robot.

[R.C.]

Originally Posted by Ty Tremblay

From the website:


What does this mean? How close to a game specific solution are these kits?

Sorry need to put more info, most if not all of the robot is COTS components sold through VEXpro or WCP. There are a few pieces we had to custom make and have had customers ask us if we'd have those parts available. We are hoping to make specific parts available that teams can't easily produce.

[Ty Tremblay]

Originally Posted by R.C.

Sorry need to put more info, most if not all of the robot is COTS components sold through VEXpro or WCP. There are a few pieces we had to custom make and have had customers ask us if we'd have those parts available. We are hoping to make specific parts available that teams can't easily produce.

Whew. Glad to hear that this didn't mean WCP would be selling a bot-in-a-box.

[R.C.]

Originally Posted by Ty Tremblay

Whew. Glad to hear that this didn't mean WCP would be selling a bot-in-a-box.

Ty,

Yeah we don't want to sell pre boxed g2g solutions. We've been getting a ton of customer calls and emails about how to integrate the PTO and how to do various other tasks in this game. We thought it would help teams if we were able to put something together.

[Jared Russell]

Originally Posted by Chris is me

Really, I think it's far more important to be able to do this than it is to be able to hang, which isn't really something I think an MCC robot must be able to do. Some competitive robots won't be able to hang.

Absolutely. This is a great example and resource for the community, but there certainly exists a "Minimum-er Competitive Concept".

The true minimal set of capabilities is something like:

• Be able to cross at least one group of terrain reliably
• Be able to contribute something to the boulder aspect of the game (whether moving balls, scoring them, or playing defense on opponents attempting to score)
• Be able to help the alliance achieve the CAPTURE bonus

This boils down to a well-executed drivetrain and some sort of ball manipulator, which as this video shows is totally doable using COTS parts. Every team in FRC should be able to accomplish these tasks (though I'm sure some will not).

Hanging and going under the low bar are certainly nice features to have and may make you more attractive to alliances, but that's just gravy.

[Jeremy Germita]

Originally Posted by PayneTrain

Nah, there isn't any questionable use of an elevator anywhere on here.

I don't think their newer robots have enough fourbar.

[Eugene Fang]

Originally Posted by Jeremy Germita

I don't think their newer robots have enough fourbar.

[Karthik]

Great song choice.

[PayneTrain]

Originally Posted by Eugene Fang

The kind of design that has the GDC quaking in their boots.

"Guys, we never saw the four bar in a shooting game coming? How could we have been so blind? We have to change the way we design games!"

I mean, I'm not saying that 1323 caused Recycle Rush; I just want to know if there is any evidence to the contrary that could counteract a potential smear campaign.

(I'm snowed in and really bored)

[Akash Rastogi]

Those wheels look absolutely gorgeous.

Great stuff RC & co.

[Collin Stiers]

watching the video something was slightly unclear, how do the hooks detach from the extanda-climber thing, is it painters tape, because that's what it looked like in the video

[Fusion_Clint]

Nice concept, however it looks like you extended past 15" during scaling.

[evanperryg]

Originally Posted by Karthik

Great song choice.

I may or may not have nerded out at the King Crimson samples...
praise to our lord and savior Robert Fripp

Anyway, this is really impressive for how simple it is. I really like the climber design, I'm definitely going to take a closer look at it.

[CalTran]

Originally Posted by R.C.

[*]The hanger was done to show what can be done with COTS parts, we encourage teams to improve upon it and make it more visibly legal

Originally Posted by MrBasse

Does it stay in? That sure looks way over 15" to me off the back/top of the robot.

Originally Posted by Fusion_Clint

Nice concept, however it looks like you extended past 15" during scaling.

They're aware that it's not exactly legal. They didn't want to do all the work. ::

[Eugene Fang]

Originally Posted by Fusion_Clint

Nice concept, however it looks like you extended past 15" during scaling.

It looks like only the telescoping part of the arm that initially latches the hook extends past 15". If that retracted during the hang, it would stay within 15"