pic: 1501 Final Robot - see you at BoilerMaker!

[Gabe Salas Jr.]

That is a neat design, almost looks as if it is a Surface-to-Air-Missile Launcher. Very sleek, and appropriate team name too! Good job.

[Wayne Doenges]

SSSHHHHHH Just between you and me (don't tell anyone else) the Army is looking to incorporating this bad boy into their arsenal at the end of the season But you didn't hear it from me.
Just found out. Weight = 99 pounds It's the first time we have ever came in under weight. The Weight Watchers Diet (tm) really works

Wayne Doenges
CAD Mentor
Lemmings non sumus

[Curt Henderson]

If you think this robot looks good, you should see it run!

The arm extends and retracts flawlessly to 11+ feet, 2 speed pneumatic shift on the fly gear boxes and unlimited traction out of our $5 wheels.....What more could you ask for?

[JamesBrown]

Wow I am extremly impressed, that is among the nicest robots I have seen (yes I know im a rookie competing but it isnt my first time seeing the competition). I was just wondering how tippy you are with the arm out? we were righ aroun 100 pounds on saturday and had to add balist (sp?) I was wondering if you had the same problem or if youre cg was low enough.

[Curt Henderson]

As Mike, one of our design engineers mentioned, we can hold a Tetra with the arm fully extended without tipping. We haven't fully calculated the actual location of our CG, but the arm weighs in around 27 lbs and we have almost half of 110lbs about 4" off the floor. So in short, it is a Rock with plenty of Roll!

[Alex Cormier]

what are these $5 wheels that you speak of?

[Curt Henderson]

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/pi...10&quiet=Quiet

When it seems everyone trys to out do each other with fancy CNC milling, we go the other direction.

[robotguy67]

Here's a picture of the robot holding a tetra with the arm fully extended. This is with no extra ballast weight in the back. With the arm in the up position fully extended, we could drive around all day with a tetra and not fall over.

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As for the traction of the wheels, we had a 300lb-ish team member nealing on a chair with four small metal feet and the robot was able to fairly easily push the chair across the carpet (in low gear, of course).


Mike

[Curt Henderson]

Here is a link to a photo of our bot with the arm extended.

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/pi...10&quiet=Quiet

[Conor Ryan]

Wow, probably going to be winner of best looking robot. Its too dang pretty. Hope you guys win Rookie All Star and come to the 'ship in Atlanta. I just love the style you gave the robot and the ingunity that went into it. I like the drive train set up you guys have, just from viewing the other pictures you put up.

[Chris_Elston]

Originally Posted by cdr1122334455

Wow, probably going to be winner of best looking robot. Its too dang pretty. Hope you guys win Rookie All Star and come to the 'ship in Atlanta. I just love the style you gave the robot and the ingunity that went into it. I like the drive train set up you guys have, just from viewing the other pictures you put up.

Thanks very much, but our team is NOT a rookie team. That wouldn't be possible. ;-) Good luck to you guys too!

[fire chaser 134]

wow looks really good. it almost looks like a S.W.A.T robot. One that they would use to go into hostile situatuions. good job and good luck.

[Conor Ryan]

Originally Posted by chakorules

Thanks very much, but our team is NOT a rookie team. That wouldn't be possible. ;-) Good luck to you guys too!

high number well i guess i was wrong, regardless, the robot belongs in a museum of modern art, they look for stuff like that. Its just so elegant.

[Wayne Doenges]

Due to circumstances beyond our control we had to get a new number. Since we have the same students, the same engineers and the same school we have a rookie number but not a rookie status

As for the monocoque robot we appreciate all the kind words
A little background about monocoque. Each rivet we use (1/8" diameter) has a shear strength of 200 pounds. Every 10 rivets equals 1 ton of shear strength Imagine a 5" square piece of .040" aluminum with 16 rivets around the border. Now imagine a wire connecting each rivet to the other 15 rivets and you will see where we get our durability. Those 16 rivets have a shear strength of 3200 pounds.

IMHO I think we have one bad boy robot

Wayne Doenges
Lemmings non sumus (We are not Lemmings)

[Herbie698]

Where did you find the conveyer belt material? Great looking bot by the way.