Team 254 Presents: Dropshot

[ice.berg]

Hmm I wonder what that bracket above the 5 with the bored out hole and the standard looking bolt pattern around it is for? I wonder what this robot is missing....

[Nebster]

Beautiful robot. Glad to see some powerhouse teams with turret+actuating hood shooters. We did the same thing, although it's definitely not as well packaged as Dropshot. Good luck at SVR!

[pilleya]

Originally Posted by tickspe15

I see an unused bearing hole. Something's missing...

There is a gearbox with at least one 775pro that doesn’t seem to be doing much…it seems a reasonably high reduction as well.

If you look closely through the smoked polycarbonate, there is a run of what looks like #25 chain which seems to be coming from somewhere near one of the drive gearboxes, this could potentially be the output from a Power Take Off( PTO), which the Poofs have had experience using to climb in different games.

Also on their website it says the robot is "94.5 lbs (as pictured)" so 94.5 lbs may not be the final weight after some other things have been added

Also here is a higher resolution image of the robot, to assist with over analysis:
https://media.team254.com/2016/03/86bb0776-2016.jpg

[Eugene Fang]

Is that a... Nexus 5? You can see the headphone jack and mic.

[pilleya]

Originally Posted by Eugene Fang

Is that a... Nexus 5? You can see the headphone jack and mic.

Yep, it certainly looks like one( I have a nexus 5), that would certainly be plenty of processing power for fast vision tracking and target identification

[Jared Russell]

Originally Posted by Eugene Fang

Is that a... Nexus 5? You can see the headphone jack and mic.

[Tom Bottiglieri]

Originally Posted by Eugene Fang

You can see the headphone jack and mic.

Robot gets bored during practice, wanted to listen to some podcasts.

[PayneTrain]

Originally Posted by Tom Bottiglieri

Robot gets bored during practice, wanted to listen to some podcasts.

gotta disable that bluetooth tho

[Thad House]

We hook ours up to the big screen during off time. Makes perfect sense to me!

[taaha_alidrisi]

Originally Posted by Adnewhouse

I noticed near the end, that their turret would "lock" onto the target that was closest. Look's like they shouldn't have an issue from shooting anywhere in the courtyard.

Making great design choices is the key. They have successfully developed a great strategy by understanding this year's game like always. Congratulations !

Consequently, does anyone know about another team with similar mechanisms. I saw few robots with the high goal lock in their programs but the most identical is the Canadian Team 3386 with Minotaur. Check it out on Youtube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEZKnE1kZTU

[waialua359]

Originally Posted by Jared Russell

Ok Jared,
spill the beans....why?
I'm prepared to pay for the latest and greatest if I have to.

[Wert3141]

I wouldn't be surprised if 254 had a couple tricks up their sleeves. Nonetheless another very impressive robot. Well done.

[Chris is me]

I never, ever thought I would see mecanum wheels on a 254 robot. Guess there's a first time for everything.

[CalTran]

Originally Posted by taaha_alidrisi

Consequently, does anyone know about another team with similar mechanisms. I saw few robots with the high goal lock in their programs but the most

According to the current members of the team, 2410'll be debuting "the same thing" at Greater Kansas City tomorrow. I'll update on whether it is the same.

[frcguy]

Just saw the photo. That thing looks crazy! The turret in the middle though...

And of course, posted at 2:54pm