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Glimpse of a KNIGHTmare - 3481 Bronc Botz

APOLOGIES for the messy shop-area, I usually run a much tighter ship but we were _cranking_ to finish TWO twin bots _before_ Bag/Tag Day... a _first_ for us...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aygq...ature=youtu.be

Any comments or input are welcome... we're busy iterating on the practice bot for the next two weeks... expecting to show _more_ at Alamo...

CONGRATS to the Bronc Botz student team members... I'm a proud coach... ;-)

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Re: Glimpse of a KNIGHTmare - 3481 Bronc Botz

Dang! Not even ONE comment from CD world... well I thought _someone_ would compliment us on our powder coating?!

LOL ;-)

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Re: Glimpse of a KNIGHTmare - 3481 Bronc Botz

wrong thread

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Re: Glimpse of a KNIGHTmare - 3481 Bronc Botz

So many videos, it's heard to keep up!
Awesome robot. Well made.
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Re: Glimpse of a KNIGHTmare - 3481 Bronc Botz

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I am loving all these parody videos. Keep it up! When are you going to show the good robot?
You might want to add a /s if you're being sarcastic... Or make sure you're posting in the correct thread.

I saw the video last night and I really enjoyed it. I hope we continue to see more tall robots with style. However, I would think that more scenes of the robot moving would spark more discussion. We can't really see much more than a series of pictures. It's a amazing video archive of your season, but maybe not such a great "look at me and all the cool things i can do" type video.
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Re: Glimpse of a KNIGHTmare - 3481 Bronc Botz

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You might want to add a /s if you're being sarcastic... Or make sure you're posting in the correct thread.

I saw the video last night and I really enjoyed it. I hope we continue to see more tall robots with style. However, I would think that more scenes of the robot moving would spark more discussion. We can't really see much more than a series of pictures. It's a amazing video archive of your season, but maybe not such a great "look at me and all the cool things i can do" type video.
Yeah, you're right but we weren't ready to show the bot in action yet for different reasons and we were considering just showing some static photos like other teams have done... but when students go to the trouble of putting together a video I'm inclined to use/share it as is.

We have an exact twin bot we're pounding the iteration drum on, it's not powder coated, and hopefully we'll post some in-action videos here right before Alamo Regional in 2 weeks.

THANKS for your comments!!

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Re: Glimpse of a KNIGHTmare - 3481 Bronc Botz

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So many videos, it's heard to keep up!
Awesome robot. Well made.
Thank you, Tom!

LOADS of work went into it...

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Re: Glimpse of a KNIGHTmare - 3481 Bronc Botz

Beautiful robot, well designed and executed.

My question is one I have for all teams who have decided to go tall and that is, why?
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Re: Glimpse of a KNIGHTmare - 3481 Bronc Botz

This is a great looking bot! As always, the powder coating looks great (and the color is reminiscent of a certain Canadian team). My only question is why you have 4 pressure gauges on your robot! Really looking forward to seeing y'all in action at Alamo!
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Re: Glimpse of a KNIGHTmare - 3481 Bronc Botz

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This is a great looking bot! As always, the powder coating looks great (and the color is reminiscent of a certain Canadian team). My only question is why you have 4 pressure gauges on your robot! Really looking forward to seeing y'all in action at Alamo!
Thanks for the compliment on the powder coating!!

TWO gauges are live... TWO are in reserve for iteration as the season progresses... since we have a twin practice bot, and IF we make CHAMPS, we work as if we have a FOUR month build period where we utilize the withholding allowance to the max.

Our 2014 SkyShot had THREE different PSI segments in the pneumatics so we like to be prepared.

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- President / Founder - San Antonio Competition Robotics Alliance - SACRA 501(c)(3) nonprofit (2012-present)
- Executive Director - Sports-Competition Robotics of Texas Excellence - SCRATE (2016-present)
- Former-Head Coach / Founder - FRC 3481 - Bronc Botz (2011-2016) // C++ Beta Test Team (2012 to 2016)
- Former-Lead Coach (2013-2016) Former-Head Coach (2009-2012) / Co-Founder - FTC 4008 - Bronc Botz (2009-2016) and FTC 4602 - Bronc Botz (2011-2016) and FTC 6976 - Bronc Botz-Nano for middle-schoolers (2013-2016)
- Co-Founder w/Matt Blake - VEX VRC 3481z - Wonder Botz (2011) [for Physically or Mentally Challenged Teens] (2011-2012)

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Re: Glimpse of a KNIGHTmare - 3481 Bronc Botz

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Beautiful robot, well designed and executed.

My question is one I have for all teams who have decided to go tall and that is, why?
#TeamTall #ThinkTall #TallPower #PowertotheTalls #ImTallYoureNOT #GetShorty

THANK YOU for the compliment!!

WHY tall? Well we gave you a hint at the middle and end of the video as to what we're up to... though not yet guaranteed to pay off... but here's a hint, what is better to achieve at the end of a match... an additional 15 points or within the _same_ time frame 20 points? Or maybe a stretch-goal, close to impossible, 25 points instead of 15?

Even if you had a climber at the ready would you use it for 15 or keep it stowed IF you could get 20 points (and continue contributing to bringing the flag down)?

We're trying some strategy, involves alliance partners, and a non-standard approach that may or may not pay off...

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- President / Founder - San Antonio Competition Robotics Alliance - SACRA 501(c)(3) nonprofit (2012-present)
- Executive Director - Sports-Competition Robotics of Texas Excellence - SCRATE (2016-present)
- Former-Head Coach / Founder - FRC 3481 - Bronc Botz (2011-2016) // C++ Beta Test Team (2012 to 2016)
- Former-Lead Coach (2013-2016) Former-Head Coach (2009-2012) / Co-Founder - FTC 4008 - Bronc Botz (2009-2016) and FTC 4602 - Bronc Botz (2011-2016) and FTC 6976 - Bronc Botz-Nano for middle-schoolers (2013-2016)
- Co-Founder w/Matt Blake - VEX VRC 3481z - Wonder Botz (2011) [for Physically or Mentally Challenged Teens] (2011-2012)

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