pic: Here's RAGE

[Jones571]

they are running 6 of the 6 inch skyway tiers they doubled them up in the middle and the back. they are running a basic trani with just drill motors. great for pushing power and by lowering the middle axles just a little it has greatly improved there turning

*scary i know more about there robot then they do, maybe they need to make us pay rent we are at there facility way to much

[Jon K.]

Like I said I know nothing really about technical stuff. I am just around the engineers enough while they are building that I get a general jist of it. Were we build is in the same room as our new CNC machine at one of the high school's so I usually get stuck deburring etc. And yes I love dew

[Lisa Rodriguez]

Hey, just because Jon doesn't know about the drive train doesn't mean we all don't. Yes it's 6 wheels, using only the drills, no atwoods this year. Again two speeds, blah blah blah. Yes corey, you're at our facility a LOT, but that's only because we love you. We build our robot @ our high school, but don't pay janitors, we just go when other people are there (that's the one of the reasons we like wrestlers they practice all the time) Also, the 2 rubber bands are of the rollers so they don't get streched and there are no motors on the basket yet. The basket isn't the same as 02, but looks similar in the picture, once i get better picture of the robot i'll be sure to post them, but we were REALLY tight on time, so this was the only shot we have when Jon snuck into the machine shop during school. The arm that sticking up DOES come down to fit for the begining of the matches, and it extends to about 11 feet.

That's all i can think of right now.
And no Jon, you only deburr cuz we pin you down and make you, you whined and complained so much we almost put duct tape on your mouth :-p

[bush173]

yea thats true, he even had to go through a little training thing just to learn how to deburr. he just likes playing with the sprockets

[Katy]

how much does the arm weigh/how long is it?

[Jon K.]

Originally Posted by Katy

how much does the arm weigh/how long is it?

The arm weighs quite a bit. I am not sure of exact figures but i am guessing around 20 lbs complete. That is not including our mast. The arm in that picture is not fully extended, but when fully extended it can reach the bar no problem. I believe it can go up to 10-11 feet total.

[Lisa Rodriguez]

I think the arm weighs a little more than that, not sure, but it fully extends to 11 feet

[bush173]

the arm weighed about 20 lbs when we still had the 2X grabbers, but we needed to save weight so off thay went along with around 6 lbs, so the arm is almost 15 lbs now

[David Bridge]

Originally Posted by bush173

the arm weighed about 20 lbs when we still had the 2X grabbers, but we needed to save weight so off thay went along with around 6 lbs, so the arm is almost 15 lbs now

so will rage not be trying to manipulate the 2x balls at all, or are you planning on astonishing us all as usual by using those innovative skills to come up with a light weight way to do it?

[Lisa Rodriguez]

so will rage not be trying to manipulate the 2x balls at all, or are you planning on astonishing us all as usual by using those innovative skills to come up with a light weight way to do it?

I'm afraid we cannot say

[Solace]

Originally Posted by Jones571

they are running 6 of the 6 inch skyway tiers they doubled them up in the middle and the back. they are running a basic trani with just drill motors. great for pushing power and by lowering the middle axles just a little it has greatly improved there turning

*scary i know more about there robot then they do, maybe they need to make us pay rent we are at there facility way to much

shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! don't give them any ideas!

an another note, I just realized that any of the robots that rage has built since 2000 could (with only a few minor modifications) pose some serious competition to this year's game. I think that at one of the post-season comps this year there should be a match that is Rage + Rage vs. Rage + Rage, Four years representing. i predict a close call with 2004 and 2001 rarely beating 2002 and 2003.

[David Bridge]

Originally Posted by Solace

I think that at one of the post-season comps this year there should be a match that is Rage + Rage vs. Rage + Rage, Four years representing. i predict a close call with 2004 and 2001 rarely beating 2002 and 2003.

Now THERE is an idea... What about a post season comp where it was ALL robots from previous years. I for one would love to see how a lot of past robots would do in this years game. I mean the big balls are the exact same as 2001, and the small balls have been around for a while. We could even take it a little further and invite back alumni drivers and see if they still have what it takes!

[Elgin Clock]

I'm assuming that this would mean that the previous year's robots would have to be intact...

[Lisa Rodriguez]

If you wanna come over some night, Jake, and make them all work, that's fine BUT
'02 is intact for OBVIOUS reasons
'03 is still running, but kinda broken, actually, i'm not sure, i believe someone fried a transmission, but we can fix that
'01 is at the high school (how much is it when we set of the alarm, $300??)
and I'm pretty sure the '00 bot has been salvaged for parts

We COULD fix them, but it would take time and $$$, but maybe during the offseason........
it's not like we don't have a field

ps-i'm also not sure we have the controls....or programming, but like i said, offseason project....

[Jon K.]

Originally Posted by bush173

yea thats true, he even had to go through a little training thing just to learn how to deburr. he just likes playing with the sprockets

a: I love my sprockets
b: so what if I didn't know how to deburr right
c: stop picking on me.