Scariest Robot

[RoboChair]

Originally Posted by frcguy

Easily these.

Thanks for finding that link for me!

Speaking as someone that worked on making these grabbers, that thing was terrifying. This teather-able cheesecake mechanism had far more power than our actual robot did, just look how far it lofted the cinder blocks and sand bags holding it down.

Working on our 2010 robot's kicker was also scary, I have no doubt it would shatter bones, not break them.

[Dwight_2]

Lol Our Team (5842 Royal Robotics) Used 2 100 lb pressurized gas shocks like those found in cars to hold a hood or tailgate up, for our scaling mechanism. Unfortunately however we never got to scale in a match with these.

At the South Florida Regional last year we were using our new amazing "safe" way to torque out the shock till they locked in the match starting position when something happened.... ill put it short. "Do not over extend gas shocks!"

The end of the 100lb shock shot out right in the direction of where one of our students had just been standing where it ricocheted of a steel knight helmet ( leaving in a sense a bullet ricochet mark) and shot through another pit putting a hole in their team toolbox lid and the disappearing forever.

We now know if FRC does not allow gas shocks in the 2017 season we were the reason why....