Teaser pic from team 25

[Elgin Clock]

It's the tube that the Princess used to deflect the troopers ray gun blasts in the movie Spaceballs!



No??? Oh.... Well I feel dumb now!

[Wayne C.]

Originally Posted by The Lucas

That's the cage you keep the new robot in to keep it from eating small children and livestock in the dead of night What sort of Evil Volcano Magic have you used to create this year's Machine? You didn't sacrifice Big Mike, did you? Poor Mike ...... atleast he will be warm inside the Volcano, it is so cold this year.

Big Mike still lives.Below is a picture of him playing with an old prototype in the shop this week. But even he can't resist the pictured device. Your hypothesis is pretty good- the device does stop the machine from eating small children. BTW- those two halves of the structure pivot on axes with sensors and can open into a w-shape. And we didn't get any stains on it.....


WC

[Stephen Kowski]

Originally Posted by Wayne C.

BTW- those two halves of the structure pivot on axes with sensors and can open into a w-shape. And we didn't get any stains on it.....

w-shape huh? well since you have looked at it moving vertically one role it may be used for is trying to block the horizontal bar, but i don't believe that is nearly all it will be used for.....the nature of the curved shape could probably do a bunch of things for you, but I will just wait and see if my ideas are correct....nice job

[KenWittlief]

based on its size and shape

I think its your robots rib cage

and the bot itself must be at least 30 feet tall

time for you guys to stop what you are doing and read the manual (rules)

FIRST doesnt have an 'unlimited' class!

[Aignam]

Originally Posted by KenWittlief

based on its size and shape

I think its your robots rib cage

and the bot itself must be at least 30 feet tall

time for you guys to stop what you are doing and read the manual (rules)

FIRST doesnt have an 'unlimited' class!

Aw, man. I knew we glossed over something.

[Bharat Nain]

Oh! No. So Team 25 has to re-design their robot

[OneAngryDaisy]

I think Team 25 still believes this year's game is about inflatable clowns, no? also, i wouldnt be surprised to see another cherrypicking robot like 2001...

[Aignam]

Originally Posted by OneAngryDaisy

I think Team 25 still believes this year's game is about inflatable clowns, no?

It's not?!? Oh god, now we really have our work cut out for us..

[tkwetzel]

FIRST doesnt have an 'unlimited' class!

They should. We would see some amazing machines.

[Joe Johnson]

There are a lot of thin wall stainless tubes there. You can easily find them in 1.5 OD with .035 walls. These tubes would be strong like bull but only weigh about 1/2 lbs per foot.

Steel is basically 3 times heavy, but it is also 3 times stiffer and 3 times as high of a yeild strength (i.e. 3 times stronger).

Steel (stainless or otherwise) can be a good choice.

I don't use very much on the robots I have a say about, but I don't know what their machine is supposed to do...

Joe J.

[Bharat Nain]

Originally Posted by Joe Johnson

There are a lot of thin wall stainless tubes there. You can easily find them in 1.5 OD with .035 walls. These tubes would be strong like bull but only weigh about 1/2 lbs per foot.

Steel is basically 3 times heavy, but it is also 3 times stiffer and 3 times as high of a yeild strength (i.e. 3 times stronger).

Steel (stainless or otherwise) can be a good choice.

I don't use very much on the robots I have a say about, but I don't know what their machine is supposed to do...

Joe J.

Oh No 3 times heavy? 3 times stiffer? This might end up being a muder machine, a higher version of evil machine

[Aignam]

Originally Posted by TeknoBramha

Oh No 3 times heavy? 3 times stiffer? This might end up being a muder machine, a higher version of evil machine

It is Evil Machine v2.0 for a reason...

[Kaelia]

Recruiting tool?

[Aignam]

Originally Posted by Kaelia

Recruiting tool?

It wasn't until you said that. Stellar idea!

[Andy Baker]

Big Mike has decided to go out for the local semi-pro football team and this is his facemask.

Do I win?



Andy B.