Team 1114 - Simbot Sentinel

[Monochron]

Wow, I'm surprised by the way it looks. All that square and rectangle tubing looks more like a 1678 machine
The wheel spacing really has me surprised though. Maybe they are just planning to never take the moat slowly. I really want to see this thing play.
If only the picture had a couple more pixels we could really dig in to some of those insides

[jkelleyrtp]

Originally Posted by Monochron

Wow, I'm surprised by the way it looks. All that square and rectangle tubing looks more like a 1678 machine
The wheel spacing really has me surprised though. Maybe they are just planning to never take the moat slowly. I really want to see this thing play.
If only the picture had a couple more pixels we could really dig in to some of those insides

A few more but still not that much

[PayneTrain]

The results of 1114's build season terrifies me.

[Toatekua]

I think I'm in love. I've been waiting for this forever.

[Roboshant]

Is that versaframe ?

[Monochron]

Originally Posted by jkelleyrtp

A few more but still not that much

I'm willing to bet someone a whole dollar that the roller is definitely a kitchen rolling pin. Also, no idea what that bolt circle on the close end of the roller is doing...

[fergus180]

Originally Posted by Monochron

I'm willing to bet someone a whole dollar that the roller is definitely a kitchen rolling pin. Also, no idea what that bolt circle on the close end of the roller is doing...

i have a feeling that is there to hold the bearing in instead of a collar clamp and longer amount of (heavy) hex it also makes it much easier to to pull out the hex shaft and replace the wooden roller

[Monochron]

Originally Posted by fergus180

i have a feeling that is there to hold the bearing in instead of a collar clamp and longer amount of (heavy) hex it also makes it much easier to to pull out the hex shaft and replace the wooden roller

You're probably right, I just didn't expect it (and so many?) when they already have a bolt and washer holding the bearing in. Is there a reason to also add bolts around the bearing to hold it more securely?

[RoboChair]

Will this robot climb with harpoons?

[Aren Siekmeier]

Originally Posted by Monochron

Also, no idea what that bolt circle on the close end of the roller is doing...

They look like rivets holding the bearing in.

[pilleya]

Originally Posted by Aren Siekmeier

They look like rivets holding the bearing in.

I don't really think using rivets would be very good for easy maintenance and replacement of the roller. It's a bolt

[anishde]

Very interesting from the Simbots...is Karthik still terrified of all the low bar-capable designs?

[D_Price]

Looking good as always guys! Can't wait to watch it in action (of course over a live stream)!

[Nathan Streeter]

I'm very eager to see Simbot Sentinel competing at GTRE this weekend! Making guesses, but I see what looks like...

- ~32" long x 24" wide frame
- 6WD with 8" Pneumatic Wheels... hard to see anything for the drive gearboxees
- Short utility arm for 1) harvesting balls, 2) loading shooter, 3) operating CDF and Portcullis
- A scaling mechanism that is a two-stage arm. May use gas springs to power hang?

I honestly can't tell what the shooter is... it looks like either a wheeled shooter, a catapult, or a shooting mechanism on an arm (similar to 846 and 1690).

[Brandon Holley]

Inspiring machine as always. I look forward to watching the replays of GTRE after this weekend.

-Brando