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[Samueldobens]

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[SenorZ]

Quality Award. All events.

[golf_cart_john]

Fully autonomous the whole match!

[nickbrickmaster]

Originally Posted by SenorZ

Quality Award. All events.

"Not sure if that robot is legal, but it sure is a good boy."

[ollien]

Originally Posted by nickbrickmaster

"Not sure if that robot is legal, but it sure is a good boy."

Let's see...

• ✓ An electromechanical assembly (Nerve endings transmit electric signals, and I would certainly call dog movement mechanical)
• ✓ Built by the FIRST® Robotics Competition Team to perform specific tasks when competing in FIRST® STEAMWORKS. (Dog is a COTS item, and training has made an impression on the mind of the dog. Thus, the dog has been built by the team.)
• 1/2 ✓ The ROBOT must include all of the basic systems required to be an active participant in the game – power, communications, control, BUMPERS, and movement. (Slap some bumpers and a control system on there and you're ready to go!)
• ✓ The ROBOT implementation must obviously follow a design approach intended to play FIRST STEAMWORKS (See photo)

[bobbysq]

Originally Posted by ollien

Let's see...

• ✓ An electromechanical assembly (Nerve endings transmit electric signals, and I would certainly call dog movement mechanical)
• ✓ Built by the FIRST® Robotics Competition Team to perform specific tasks when competing in FIRST® STEAMWORKS. (Dog is a COTS item, and training has made an impression on the mind of the dog. Thus, the dog has been built by the team.)
• 1/2 ✓ The ROBOT must include all of the basic systems required to be an active participant in the game – power, communications, control, BUMPERS, and movement. (Slap some bumpers and a control system on there and you're ready to go!)
• ✓ The ROBOT implementation must obviously follow a design approach intended to play FIRST STEAMWORKS (See photo)

You could also in theory train the dog to stop sitting when it hears the charge sound and sit when it hears a buzzer or a foghorn, so the FMS can have control over enabling/disabling.

[Isonine]

Originally Posted by bobbysq

You could also in theory train the dog to stop sitting when it hears the charge sound and sit when it hears a buzzer or a foghorn, so the FMS can have control over enabling/disabling.

How would E-Stop work.

[nickbrickmaster]

Originally Posted by Isonine

How would E-Stop work.

Have them yell "Sit!" really loudly.

[Richard Wallace]

Originally Posted by nickbrickmaster

"Not sure if that robot is legal, but it sure is a good boy."

Originally Posted by ollien

Let's see...

• ✓ An electromechanical assembly (Nerve endings transmit electric signals, and I would certainly call dog movement mechanical)
• ✓ Built by the FIRST® Robotics Competition Team to perform specific tasks when competing in FIRST® STEAMWORKS. (Dog is a COTS item, and training has made an impression on the mind of the dog. Thus, the dog has been built by the team.)
• 1/2 ✓ The ROBOT must include all of the basic systems required to be an active participant in the game – power, communications, control, BUMPERS, and movement. (Slap some bumpers and a control system on there and you're ready to go!)
• ✓ The ROBOT implementation must obviously follow a design approach intended to play FIRST STEAMWORKS (See photo)

So far, so good. However,

<R01> This robot appears to have an articulated frame perimeter. Shouldn't be too hard to find a work around, though. Make a frame from the 4 pieces of 1" square tube that came in the KoP ...

The more serious issue is:

<R11> This robot is priceless, no doubt!

I think you're headed back to the drawing board.

[ollien]

Originally Posted by Richard Wallace

So far, so good. However,

<R01> This robot appears to have an articulated frame perimeter. Shouldn't be too hard to find a work around, though. Make a frame from the 4 pieces of 1" square tube that came in the KoP ...

The more serious issue is:

<R11> This robot is priceless, no doubt!

I think you're headed back to the drawing board.

I think we're forgetting the real question.

[Hitchhiker 42]

Originally Posted by ollien

I think we're forgetting the real question.

No, no, no. You're forgetting what the frame perimeter is. It needs to go around the head. The tail should be acceptable if you bend it back before the match starts.

[D_Price]

I just want to pet him! Looks like a feasible low goal and gear design

[ollien]

Originally Posted by Hitchhiker 42

No, no, no. You're forgetting what the frame perimeter is. It needs to go around the head. The tail should be acceptable if you bend it back before the match starts.

The dog can pull its head back behind the bumper until the start of the match, much like the tail.

[Hitchhiker 42]

Originally Posted by ollien

The dog can pull its head back behind the bumper until the start of the match, much like the tail.

Huh interesting mechanism... how about the volume?

[ollien]

Originally Posted by Hitchhiker 42

Huh interesting mechanism... how about the volume?

Depends on the breed of dog. Some golden retrievers are quite large, but I'm sure they fit within the volume requirements. The largest possible volume looks something like this. So long as the dog fits within that, you're good to go.