Team 2869 - Pre-Suffield Shakedown Robot Reveal

[Sperkowsky]

Hello everyone,

Here is our 2016 robot


https://youtu.be/6CGqqco6hO0

This robot has been a blast to build and means a lot to our team.
A little team history.

In 2009 We were founded and won Rookie All Star
In 2010 we got to Semi Finals
In 2011 we did nothing
In 2012 we got to Quarter Finals

And 2013 - 2015 were complete failures
2013 we had a pool noodle blocker
2014 we had a bare drivetrain
and in 2015 we built an elevator that never worked

We were tired of failure so we built a 2015 offseason bot which led us to becoming finalists at the HHH Invitational.

Robot specs
Drive Train - 4 CIM KIT AM14U3 modified with stronger inner supports, and 8" Pneumatic wheels

Arm - CIM on a 100:1 versaplanetary powered by 56 tooth gears on a 1/2" hex shaft

Shooter - Flywheel style shooter with 2 4" wheels on 1:1 MINI-CIM versaplanetary assemblies. The ball is actuated by a cylinder with a 3/4" stroke.

Defense Capability -
Rock Wall
Moat
Ramparts
Rough Terrain
Draw Bridge
Low Bar
Cheval De Frise

Sensors -
Rangefinder
NAV X
Potentiometor

Planned Auton's -
1. Drive up to defense
2. Drive over defense
3. Drive over defense and score single low goal
4. Drive over defense and score single High goal

[NWChen]

Looking good. Best of luck this season.

[Abhishek R]

Best remix of that song.

The robot looks great, however; are you worried about the impact forces on the shooter/intake assembly over the course of an FRC season?

[dradel]

Looks good! See you guys at suffield.
Will be our second trip to suffield after running a little behind past two years.

[Sperkowsky]

Originally Posted by Abhishek R

Best remix of that song.

The robot looks great, however; are you worried about the impact forces on the shooter/intake assembly over the course of an FRC season?

Yes definitely. How could I not be?

However I think we will be fine. To start we have done a lot practicing without any signs of damage.

We will probably build some replacement parts during the next two weeks just in case.

The assembly is pretty robust.

[Sperkowsky]

Originally Posted by NWChen

Looking good. Best of luck this season.

Thank you!

[Sperkowsky]

Originally Posted by dradel

Looks good! See you guys at suffield.
Will be our second trip to suffield after running a little behind past two years.

Cool! We are super excited. It is our first time competing in a week 0 and it should be fun.

[dradel]

Suffield is a good time! We went our rookie year ultimate assent, but past two years time didn't allow. Lol this year doesn't either but we are going anyway. Will probably spend most of the time there working on code. But that's how it goes some years.

[Sperkowsky]

Originally Posted by dradel

Suffield is a good time! We went our rookie year ultimate assent, but past two years time didn't allow. Lol this year doesn't either but we are going anyway. Will probably spend most of the time there working on code. But that's how it goes some years.

What language do you guys use? We may be able to help.

[dradel]

Lab view. We fell behind due to snow days and also the school lost power last Saturday at about 3:00 so really lost time there.

[page2067]

Very impressive

lot of fun coming for Suffield Shakedown! glad to have you part of the mix!

[Sperkowsky]

Originally Posted by dradel

Lab view. We fell behind due to snow days and also the school lost power last Saturday at about 3:00 so really lost time there.

Ah, we use Java so we can not help too much.

We have had our fair sure of delays. Either 3ft of snow or our coach getting bacterial pink eye last week its hard to catch a break in a 6 week winter build season.

[dradel]

Our programmers are pretty on point, but with the build season going like it has for us, they haven't really gotten a chance to test all the code they have already written. Mostly will be some debugging, and working on auto.

[JohnFogarty]

It might be nothing, but I don't see how you can make legal bumpers on the side that shooter flips down on without completely impeding how the shooter works.

Other than that, nice robot.

[Sperkowsky]

Originally Posted by JohnFogarty

It might be nothing, but I don't see how you can make legal bumpers on the side that shooter flips down on without completely impeding how the shooter works.

We have exactly 8 inches on each side our bumpers have L bracket on them and we use trailer hitch pins to put them on. It took quite a bit of extra work to make bumpers work on that side as you can see with all of that bracing.