2959 Robotarians 2016 Render

[hardcopi]

The hooks will be against the castle then they shoot up to the height of the bar. They will be slightly tilted back when they fire, then they will snap into place and the winch will pull us up. Takes very little pnuematics to extend it.

[MrRiedemanJACC]

Looks great! I'm sure the fit and finish will be up to your normal expectations! Can't wait to see you guys at Mason (Lansing) this year! It's been a couple of years since we've been able to compete together!

[D_Price]

Thanks for the answer good luck this year!

Originally Posted by hardcopi

The hooks will be against the castle then they shoot up to the height of the bar. They will be slightly tilted back when they fire, then they will snap into place and the winch will pull us up. Takes very little pnuematics to extend it.

[asid61]

Looks very nice! The intake and shooter reminds me of 2012.
Any reason why you are choosing not to go under the low bar? Or does the whole thing down oragami-like to fit under 16"?

[D_Price]

To be honest we are opting not to go under the low bar either but to each their own haha

Originally Posted by asid61

Looks very nice! The intake and shooter reminds me of 2012.
Any reason why you are choosing not to go under the low bar? Or does the whole thing down oragami-like to fit under 16"?

[Ginger Power]

Originally Posted by asid61

Looks very nice! The intake and shooter reminds me of 2012.
Any reason why you are choosing not to go under the low bar? Or does the whole thing down oragami-like to fit under 16"?

According to all the polls that have been put out about it, most teams will be low bar capable. This makes it less valuable. If they feel like they can build a more efficient scorer without that 16" limitation, then it's a smart decision.

Awesome looking robot. If everything goes as planned, I'm sure you'll be very competitive.

[hardcopi]

We went back and forth over the low bar, but decided that trying to fit everything we wanted that small would have limited how we wanted to do it.

Figured that a lot of bots are going to be able to do the low bar, but most of them will sacrifice something else to do it. We should be able to do everything but the low bar. We put a lot into not being a pushover this year. Besides going over pretty much any obstacle we don't want to be push around. The robot has 2 speeds, one for speed and one for lower speed but some pushing power.

Our shooter also works better by being up a bit higher, increases our accuracy. The higher we shoot from the easier it is to line up. We should be able to shoot pretty much from anywhere in the courtyard.... assuming the programming group gets our vision tracking working like we hope.

[GaryVoshol]

Originally Posted by hardcopi

We went back and forth over the low bar, ...

I hope not, that's a FOUL and YELLOW CARD.

Since I won't be getting over to a district event on the west side, I'm hoping to see you at MSC.

[hardcopi]

Hey... you saved us 20 pounds... we can drop the jet pack. Now the laser cannon... that is still needed I assume.