Scariest Robot

[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....

[ravenc83]

Originally Posted by frcguy

Easily these.

Also, if we're talking about robots that sound scary, 5817 and 5012's 2016 robots both had shooters that sounded like leafblowers when they spun up, and 5817's shot looked like it had the potential to mess someone up if it went astray.

I did mess someone up... I took a ricochet to the face, even after the ball hit a wall it still felt terrible.

[RoboChair]

Any CNC lathe.

[ollien]

Originally Posted by Edxu

Being anywhere around the field or the pits when 2013 (Cybergnomes) have either their 2014 or 2016 robot.

1114's 2015 robot.

Holy god, that 2013 2016 robot. You weren't kidding. What kind of motors/ratio were they running on that shooter?!

Originally Posted by Mike Marandola

Can anyone link any close up photos of the shooter or have any info on it?

Seconded.

[mman1506]

You could ride up and down in our 2015 elevator and while I totally disapprove of this someone did actually try it. Not only that but I'm fairly confident in saying it was the fastest 2015 elevator in FRC. I was always so scared someone would get caught in it while moving. Sadly a mentor ended up getting finger crushed in the elevator requiring multiple surgeries to fix. Not fun.

Cybergnome's 2014 bot was pretty terrifying too far more than their 2016 one IMO.

[pilleya]

Originally Posted by ollien

Holy god, that 2013 2016 robot. What kind of motors/ratio were they running on that shooter?!

Originally Posted by Mike Marandola

Can anyone link any close up photos of the shooter or have any info on it?

Each shooter wheel was direct driven by a CIM, they used a Alumnium wheel( probably around 3 inches in diameter) with rough top tread which meant that there was a large amount of KE stored.

You can see it pretty clearly in the picture, the CIM is inside the wheel and is supported at the bottom of the steel motor casing.

[Poseidon5817]

Originally Posted by frcguy

Easily these.

Also, if we're talking about robots that sound scary, 5817 and 5012's 2016 robots both had shooters that sounded like leafblowers when they spun up, and 5817's shot looked like it had the potential to mess someone up if it went astray.

Just for fun, we had a team member take a direct shot to the stomach from about 6 inches away. The resulting ripple effect was fun to watch in slow motion

After that I tried to see if I could catch a shot to the side of me from 10 feet. Although I got it on the second try (beginner's luck?) I definitely felt some fear being on the receiving end of our bot.

[ollien]

Originally Posted by pilleya

Each shooter wheel was direct driven by a CIM, they used a Alumnium wheel( probably around 3 inches in diameter) with rough top tread which meant that there was a large amount of KE stored.

You can see it pretty clearly in the picture, the CIM is inside the wheel and is supported at the bottom of the steel motor casing.

Awesome, thank you!

Just a headsup, the request for a photo was of 620's 2013 shooter, but I do appreciate the photo of 2013!

[Al Skierkiewicz]

This is the business end of the 900/1114 shooter. Think about our decisions based on the potential energy and/or failure to shoot during the match. May not be the scariest but is certainly very near the top of my list.

[marshall]

I love this thread. I'm learning new things.

Our 2014 robot was putting about 300lbs-400lbs of force into launching the ball the 50ft or so to the human player. As a mentor, it was scary if it ever got stuck in the down position under full load. We had a clamp with red tape on it that we could quickly apply to keep it secured.

[Richard Wallace]

Originally Posted by Al Skierkiewicz

This is the business end of the 900/1114 shooter. Think about our decisions based on the potential energy and/or failure to shoot during the match. May not be the scariest but is certainly very near the top of my list.

That is scary. Highly suggestive of this.

[c.shu]

Two words. (Or numbers)

469. 2010.

[Jalerre]

I was pretty scared of our (4965) 2014 robot. It had a spring + pnematic powered catapult and that thing was powerful. You did not want to be anywhere near it when it fired. When we were at the Palmetto Regional, someone had unfastened the arm that held the ball from the catapult so it could be worked on. Somehow the catapult got accidentally triggered and sent the arm into one of my mentor's faces. Good thing he was wearing safety glasses.

[Toatekua]

Originally Posted by TheBoulderite

[*]3418 in 2016. See this video.

Aw come on they just wanted to say hi to their friends in the pits