Coolest 'Bot Carts

[Bcahn836]

Originally Posted by russell

How are you gonna drive that? Are you gonna have controls on it, or a tether or what?

Yes it will be tethered, and we are using a joystick from 2003. The motors are set about walking speed so we will just walk behind it with the robot secured to the top.

[russell]

Sweet, I gotta do something like that . That one guy early this season was talking about making a hover cart. Has anyone ever seen something like that? It would be relatively easy to make but probably very loud.

[Tom Bottiglieri]

Originally Posted by russell

Sweet, I gotta do something like that . That one guy early this season was talking about making a hover cart. Has anyone ever seen something like that? It would be relatively easy to make but probably very loud.

130+ pounds of robot and the cart itself may be a tad too heavy to raise with fans operated on a 12 volt battery

[Conor Ryan]

who says you need to use a 12 volt battery? You can go bigger, or even possibly use gas.

[Bcahn836]

The electric wheel chair motors are running off a 14V battery that came with the donated wheel chair, Plus we are running the 2002 revolving light, 2 big muffin fans and some other lights in the electronics area. I think we would kill a 12V pretty quickly.

[Rick TYler]

Originally Posted by Tom Bottiglieri

130+ pounds of robot and the cart itself may be a tad too heavy to raise with fans operated on a 12 volt battery

Route the output of a gas-powered leaf blower into a flexible skirt and Bob's your uncle. Might be a little loud, though.

- Rick

[a1steaksauce]

If anyone's wondering who's going to own the Houston regionals in bot-carting, its definately going to be Team Kaos. Believe me...ya'll ain't ready for this. Maybe I'll post a teaser soon... I'll have to get some pics together.

[Andrew Y.]

our teams cart is pretty basc..dont have a pic of it but let me try to describe



orange flatbed
1200 pound hydrolic lift
heavy as anything
we can lift or lower the robot while it is being worked on
lift or lower tools and battery boxes so u dont havta use your back

[Tamster548]

Originally Posted by Andrew Y.

our teams cart is pretty basc..dont have a pic of it but let me try to describe



orange flatbed
1200 pound hydrolic lift
heavy as anything
we can lift or lower the robot while it is being worked on
lift or lower tools and battery boxes so u dont havta use your back

Very nice What regionals will you be at?

Nice collection of awards you got there - I'm impressed Hopefully, one day, our team will have just as many.

[Tim Arnold]

Oh comeon you weenies. Not even a chuckle about our PIMPED OUT TO THE MAX ride?

lift or lower tools and battery boxes so u dont havta use your back

Dosent that contradict your earlier statement that it was as heavy as anything? So save your back on the tools to carry around a few hundred pound cart .

Has everyone lost their insanity and sense of humor in the stressfull times of... OH CRAP ITS NIGHT BEFORE COMPETITION! I better get packing!

[JoshJ]

I KNOW there are a few of us that have no use for that blasted camera (at least not in the current rush of Regionals and what not).

Make a cart that uses the camera to track your team jersey and follows you! That would be amazing. That goes under my list of "Things to do when I actually have time" Haha. One of these days...

[bhweezer]

Here are a couple of pictures of 364s cart.

[the_short1]

1305's cart(its drivable), and 68 truck town thunder.. definately..

for audio. ..hmm i forget the team name and number.. they had a bunch of subs, dvd player, blue neons,, awsome operator interface.. . and their robot was at the champs and great lakes.. . . their robot liked the bouce on their air filled wheels..

[babbish]

Pictures of 68's truck can be found on robotphotos.com, more specifically:

http://robotphotos.org/2003-championship/017_17A_001
http://robotphotos.org/2003-championship/018_18A_001

That was from 2003 i believe, she was red this year.


Just wait till next year!

[Jverdon]

Originally Posted by the_short1

1305's cart(its drivable)

Team Fusion 364 has a drivable cart, with neons, and a stereo.