pic: T3 Controlls (team 68 truck town thunder)

[Amanda Morrison]

Originally Posted by jacob_dilles

im sorry if i offended you; what i ment to say was your controller looks great. however catty parts dont just magicly apear.

T3 is sponsored by General Motors. I would assume those parts are readily available.

Anytime a team's integrity is questioned on these forums, it turns into either a huge flame war or at least a few bitter posts. I would hope you'll keep your judgement to yourself, and at some point during the season, visit their pit and talk to them about some of your concerns, or read about one of their mentors here.

During the IRI this past year, T3 students and mentors helped us rebuild our machine. I was very impressed with their friendly demeanor and the students' willingness to help. I can personally vouch for them, as can many people on this forum.

[Heretic121]

there is only one thing said during the first 30+ seconds of someone looking at that..


*cricket* ... *cricket* ... *cricket* ...

[alex_gerveshi]

hey. what kind of neon did you use? auto or computer? and how did you wire it to a power supply? is there a batter in your box? if not, how did you get power to it.

[Alaina]

Is your arm controller a scale model of the arm programmed so when the model is moved the robot arm moves in the exact same way? That'd be cool.

[Rickertsen2]

Originally Posted by alex_gerveshi

hey. what kind of neon did you use? auto or computer? and how did you wire it to a power supply? is there a batter in your box? if not, how did you get power to it.

Most of the neons that ahve found their way into the computer mod sector, are made by the same companies as their automotive counterparts. Many are identical with the exception of the connector on the end.

[Roland]

Originally Posted by Heretic121

there is only one thing said during the first 30+ seconds of someone looking at that..

..."ya think he's compensating for something?"

[Ryan Dognaux]

Originally Posted by Roland

..."ya think he's compensating for something?"

Try "Oh my...."

[jamapor]

Hey guys. Great job on the controls. I can't wait to see how the robot matches with its controls.

[Kevin Karan]

hehe, the catalac badge is a nice tough, very very nice!

[SlickChicFallen]

I bet you'd love to see what our arm controlls look like...

Why, yes I would!

[ThetaDot]

do you want a cookie or something?

[Alexander McGee]

Originally Posted by ThetaDot

do you want a cookie or something?

What?

As for the other, more straigntforward commets/questions, it is an automotive neon light, bought for a cheap 15 bucks at a local walmart.

Let me clarify the drill housing. We broke a drill, or took one apart at the very least. So, we were left with the plastic case that everything goes into. We trimmed it to fit, and wired connectors to the teminals. so all it really is, is a housing that a battery slides into.

We also wired a switch on the dongle/battery which allows us to switch between AC and DC power. Long story short, we can use the battery to power our operator interface. This should make tethering a lot more "wireless".

Thanks again for all the comments

[Austin]

What do you use the ignition switch for? To turn on/off the power to the LEDs, Neon lights, OI?

[Alexander McGee]

Originally Posted by Austin

What do you use the ignition switch for? To turn on/off the power to the LEDs, Neon lights, OI?

The Ignition is a disabler for the built-in dongle. When the key is not inserted, or turned to the right, it acts as "diabled", otherwise, it enables it.

Next to it is a safety switch for autonomous testing, which is more or less a joke on our programmers.

Here's the story...

We were showing some of the high-up engineers who wanted to see what we had done so far the robot. And, this happened to be the first night that it could move. SO, we had it on the field, and we had it wired correctlly (this time) and everythign was great. Well, Aucther, one of our programmers, told me to flip a dial on the joystick (filter), all the way down, as i would get ore acceleration. Whups. As i tapped the sticks to see which way the bot was facing, it flew towards our team leader and the group of engineers. another tap in the oppisite direction sent it into the wall. I pulled the key, and almost strangled mike. Your a good guy thou, aucther!

Anyways, the switch is "on" when we are testing our very dangerous robot, and it moves on its own, so we have to take extra caution!

[ThetaDot]

OH NO I'M EATING YOUR COOKIE!!!! : [[[[[[[[[[[[