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[MailmanDelivers]

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[MailmanDelivers]

Unsure why this uploaded sideways. If you click it the picture is oriented correctly.

[Jarren Harkema]

It probably has to do something with this: http://rotatemailer.com/sideways-pictures.html

[Ari423]

Originally Posted by MailmanDelivers

This contest is to allow teams to show off innovative ways they dealt with problems that occurred or achieved goals the team had.
The part will be judged based off three criteria: Creativity to solve a problem, elegance of the solution, and complexity.

Is it just me or are elegance of the solution and complexity opposites? To me, the most elegant solution this the least complicated one that gets the job done.

[Ben Wolsieffer]

The coolest 3D printed parts I've seen this year are 1965's tank tread's. They talked about them in this thread, but I don't think they check CD much. You might want to PM ColmP, and see if they want to submit.

[teslalab2]

Does it have to be team? Can I post something I made on my personal printer? I would imagine not though.

[BBray_T1296]

Originally Posted by teslalab2

Does it have to be team? Can I post something I made on my personal printer? I would imagine not though.

I feel like this challenge is supposed to be 3d printed parts specifically for an FRC team, not just the coolest part made on a 3d printer*.






*It'd have to be pretty good to beat mine

[Botwoon]

Spot the printed parts

[Briansmithtown]

On our 2014 robot, we had these cylinder cartridges that were used to hold down our throwing arm(energy stick). They worked ok, but we printed out more just to be safe.

[Chris is me]

125 is gonna win this one.

2791 has a few cool 3D printed parts too - gearbox covers, a ball cradle, linkages, etc.

[JohnFogarty]

Originally Posted by Chris is me

125 is gonna win this one.

2791 has a few cool 3D printed parts too - gearbox covers, a ball cradle, linkages, etc.

You say that and yet you haven't seen 3824's robot. For those of you that don't know they use an almost entirely 3D printed robot. I don't think they 3D printed everything this year, but I could hazard a guess it's still a lot.

[MailmanDelivers]

Just to answer a few questions:

You can submit parts for any FRC Game, preferably this year or last years game - sorry, no personal parts!

To further explain one rule, "Teams may only submit once", it's to prevent duplicate entries of the same exact part. Teams may enter multiple parts.


Don't forget to send an email to Contest3D@Ligerbots.com to submit your part or part(s).

[lovelj]

Originally Posted by JohnFogarty

You say that and yet you haven't seen 3824's robot. For those of you that don't know they use an almost entirely 3D printed robot. I don't think they 3D printed everything this year, but I could hazard a guess it's still a lot.

Thanks for the honorable mention. After our printed frame cracked week 1 we knew we had to step away, regrettably, from all printed robots. We had a few printed parts for our pickup mechanism but they didn't survive Palmetto. We still have no metal though... All pultruded fiberglass. Fell in love with the stuff. Light and durable.

[JohnFogarty]

Originally Posted by lovelj

Thanks for the honorable mention. After our printed frame cracked week 1 we knew we had to step away, regrettably, from all printed robots. We had a few printed parts for our pickup mechanism but they didn't survive Palmetto. We still have no metal though... All pultruded fiberglass. Fell in love with the stuff. Light and durable.

I might have to ask you sometime about how you did things with the fiberglass. We tried that last year on our Orlando revision of our robot and we didn't have the most fun with it.

[lovelj]

Originally Posted by JohnFogarty

I might have to ask you sometime about how you did things with the fiberglass. We tried that last year on our Orlando revision of our robot and we didn't have the most fun with it.

No problem. We used pultruded fiber from Strongwell

http://www.strongwell.com

It's what fiberglass ladders are made of. You can get all sorts of shapes, tubes, sheets, plates... You can drill and cut it like aluminum. It has a high, but directional, specific strength. You can see some of the parts, as well as some printed parts, on our reveal video.

http://youtu.be/nC5Jw_LQt9I

If anyone wants to see our printed bots, they are in this years Behind The Design book.