Newton

[JVN]

Originally Posted by Ryan Dognaux

Note to all Newton teams:

Cyber Blue will have a large posterboard somewhere in the pits (maybe by our pit, maybe somewhere more visible) with every Newton team's picture and number in numerical order. It will be out Friday for everyone to use as a reference.

Can you guys put that in your pit, pointed toward the lower numbered pit next to you. I think this would be the best arrangement for all involved.

Thanks
John

[Collin Fultz]

Originally Posted by JVN

Can you guys put that in your pit, pointed toward the lower numbered pit next to you. I think this would be the best arrangement for all involved.

Thanks
John

we'll try...but you have to promise not to whine because you have to listen to our judges' speech for two days again

[JVN]

Originally Posted by collin234

we'll try...but you have to promise not to whine because you have to listen to our judges' speech for two days again

Haha... fine... no more whining.

John

[Ryan Dognaux]

Originally Posted by JVN

Can you guys put that in your pit, pointed toward the lower numbered pit next to you. I think this would be the best arrangement for all involved.

Thanks
John

Yes, and we'll be sure to make the 229 robot picture take up 3/4 of the posterboard too

[Matt D]

That means we'll have to walk past team 240's pit and your pit to read it. Can you put it on the other side of your pit instead (j/k)

Also, I really don't care how big the pic of our robot is...People will be able to see it from there(your new sign location) just fine.

[Nick Mac]

Hey everyone! Glad to be in the Newton Division with you all. I started to do a bit of scouting the other day and figured I should check out what's allready on Delphi. It looks like what has already been posted on here is exactly what I need, except for the fact that I can't get any of the information posted. Every time I click one of the links (i've tried this on several computers, a couple of other kids have tried too) I get code instead of text. Has anyone else had this problem, and if you're getting this info in text could you please e-mail to to me. Thanks a lot. Good luck too, Newton looks extremely strong!

My e-mail is Nick@Macolini.com (I know its listed but this might be a little more convenient)

[Nick Mac]

Originally Posted by ElfMaster

I have some stats for the division. Looks nice. Team 67 looks awesome, based off of their scores.

Note: The stats were calculated using the qualification rounds, not any of the finals or semi-finals.

I just tried to get some of the stuff again on one of our school's "lovely" (to put it nicely) computers. I was able to get the first 2 links that I couldn't get at home and save them to a floppy, but i still could not get ElfMaster's stuff. When I clicked the link i kept getting x's and o's and squares and then radomly the words "New Jersey." If someone has this and its correct could you just send that one to me? Thanks.

[Matt]

If you want to get that last one left click and put save target as. Make sure you have excel before you do this. or it will not work.

[Marc P.]

Team 38 is proud to be in the Newton division! While we didn't place to well at our only regional due to a number of spectacular failures, we're heading to Atlanta very confident in our robot, as we've ironed out most of the major problems. We did very well during our last two matches at UTC, and are very close to having an autonomous capable of knocking off the 10 point balls.

We won the Xerox creativity award for a very creative ball storage method, that has worked very well. Unfortunately, we didn't have our main coach at UTC, so we lacked a bit on the strategy end of things, and essentially tried to chase the bar for almost every match, so I apologize to all who didn't get to see our ball manuevering in action, but look forward to a lot more cool things from us in Newton

For those who were not at UTC, I have a few pictures on our site, and although I've yet to come up with a picture gallery to organize them, here are some:

Pic 1
Pic 2
Pic 3
Pic 4

Once again, I personally, and representing Team 38, am honored to be placed among such prestegious teams and robots here in the Newton division! Hope to see you all in Atlanta, and I'm counting down the hours until Thursday morning!!

[Greg Needel]

i must say from those pictures i can see why you got the award...i really like that concept on ball storage and commend you on a job well done

[Paradox1350]

Wow, tht's pretty ingenious, 38. Looks really cool too.

I'm starting to get both excited, and nervous. In only a few days we'll be competing. And being a rookie, and seeing all these other fantastic bots in our division, it makes me feel . . . nervous. I mean, it's going to be fun to compete either way, but I'm starting to feel a tiny bit out-classed . . . yet that also makes me giddy in a weird sort of way.

I can't wait to see who we get paired up with!

[Ryan Dognaux]

Pictures of the Cyber Blue 2004 Robot "Falcon VI" can be seen here

[Pin Man]

Originally Posted by Marc P.

Team 38 is proud to be in the Newton division! While we didn't place to well at our only regional due to a number of spectacular failures, we're heading to Atlanta very confident in our robot, as we've ironed out most of the major problems. We did very well during our last two matches at UTC, and are very close to having an autonomous capable of knocking off the 10 point balls.

We won the Xerox creativity award for a very creative ball storage method, that has worked very well. Unfortunately, we didn't have our main coach at UTC, so we lacked a bit on the strategy end of things, and essentially tried to chase the bar for almost every match, so I apologize to all who didn't get to see our ball manuevering in action, but look forward to a lot more cool things from us in Newton

For those who were not at UTC, I have a few pictures on our site, and although I've yet to come up with a picture gallery to organize them, here are some:

Pic 1
Pic 2
Pic 3
Pic 4

Once again, I personally, and representing Team 38, am honored to be placed among such prestegious teams and robots here in the Newton division! Hope to see you all in Atlanta, and I'm counting down the hours until Thursday morning!!

and you made weight????? geeez howd you pull that off??? But either way I think that is an unbelievable robot!!!! Can't wait to see it in action!!!

[Marc P.]

Yeah, we did make weight, fortunately. I think the final weigh in before we shipped was something like 128.6. It definitely looks much heavier than it is...

It's really just aluminum tubing, and a pretty thin stock at that. The nature of the structure makes it rigid, and the "tennis rackets" of wood really help save weight.

I think the coolest thing about the ball pickup is each band wraps around the balls to hold them in place. I think it's pic 2 that shows the cam shaft best- as each rung moves along, a cam pulls each band tight around each ball. It really looks great when we're filled up, and with our 2x ball grabber arms up high, we look like something of a scorpion, as pic 1 shows. Here's some vital stats for those interested in scouting:

Max ball capacity- 7
2x ball- capable of grabbing, holding, and replacing, but only from mobile goal
Wheels- 6 pneumatic tires (I believe 6" diameter, can not climb steps)
Transmission- 2 speed (hi/low) shift on the fly gearbox, triggered by pneumatic cylinder (don't know exact speeds, but we're pretty quick).
Pneumatic goal grabber
Winch driven bar hanger- Hook is deployed by spring energy, once latched from side, hook detaches from arm, and is winched in by drive motors.
Autonomous- only rudamentary motion as is, but many programs have been written and are ready for testing upon uncrating.

If there are any other questions, I'd be happy to answer them via PM! Thanks everyone!

[rachakate]

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