A Robot, sincerely Team 60

[Fat Alex]

Despite the fact that someone found and posted a pic of our robot (which isn't a big deal) I thought I should still create a thread.

Well, there she is, more pics can be found from:
Pictures
or more specifically:
Robot Pictures

[SpaceOsc]

Very Nice, I love your your Color Cordination with the white, tho the gold/zinc/titanium coloring isnt as hot


I need to Ask, What does it do?, im very curious about the red ring and the lower bar under it and not to mention the white spear like pole


btw your second link "Robot Pictures" is broken, cause you included a double http:// in it

Working "Robot Pictures" Link


Good Luck in Arizona and Vegas

-Osc-

[Kyle]

That looks great, someone got a pic of our bot last year before we were going to post it to, How much does it weigh and how high can the arm go?

I love the colors, good luck this year.

[BoyWithCape195]

What is the pneumatic cylinder in the top arm for ?

Any pics of it with a tetra?

[Katy]

what material is the upper part of the arm made of?

[Jeff K.]

That is awesome. That paint job is also awesome, and that sprocket...what a BEAST!!!

[Paul H]

I think I get the gripper...pretty cool idea, and very elegantly implemented. Did you use the window motors coupled with the Fisher Prices to prevent backdriving?

bravo... very nice indeed. But may I ask why the bot's frame, gearboxes, arm mounts, and arm itself look exactly like te cheesey poof's bot? (team 254)

[Yan Wang]

Originally Posted by 114ManualLabor

bravo... very nice indeed. But may I ask why the bot's frame, gearboxes, arm mounts, and arm itself look exactly like te cheesey poof's bot? (team 254)

60 & 254 collaborated on a wonderful robot design last year. This year, both teams' robots *look* similar to last year's design (if you've got something great, stick with it or improve it) but are adapted to this year's game.

[JohnnyB]

Looks like it fires missiles at other robots... thats not very GP

[Garth1388]

Me being the driver of a defensive bot, I love seeing exposed wheels like that . I can't wait 'till Atlanta.

[Christian D]

hey alex, dude you gotta write back to these guys, that's the point of starting a thread, i have seen this babe work so i don't have questions but these guys do. you guys rock like always and i can't wait for nats, good luck on programing!
-Christo

[sven]

I guess I can answer some of these questions:

Originally Posted by SpaceOsc

I need to Ask, What does it do?, im very curious about the red ring and the lower bar under it and not to mention the white spear like pole

Originally Posted by BoyWithCape195

What is the pneumatic cylinder in the top arm for ?

Any pics of it with a tetra?

The spear, hook, red bar, and ring all work together to grasp and hold a tetra very well. The cylinder is just set back in the arm to help with the cg. It is connected to the hook with a shaft. The cylinder is 12 in. I think. The lower red bar functions as a fulcrum that makes the tetra rotate up in to the ring. The hook grabs the apex of the tetra, and pulls it back into the ring. The straping on the sides stops tetras from getting really caught on the arm.

I will see about getting a pic of it holding one or possibly some vid if I can.

Originally Posted by Kyle

How much does it weigh and how high can the arm go?

I think at weigh in it was 114.1, but we have some mods to do at vegas so that will go up a bit. We havent measured it, but I think it can go 10ft straigh up in the air, though that isnt really usefull.

Originally Posted by Katy

what material is the upper part of the arm made of?

All of the robot, exept for shafts and gears are aluminum.

Originally Posted by Paul H

Did you use the window motors coupled with the Fisher Prices to prevent backdriving?

The window motor was added at first for more tourqe, but we discovered that it does a good job at preventing backdriving(some times too good of a job).

Originally Posted by Garth1388

Me being the driver of a defensive bot, I love seeing exposed wheels like that . I can't wait 'till Atlanta.

We haven't ever had any problems with defensive bots getting in our wheels. They all have one major problem...... they have to catch up with us first



Thanks for all the complements guys!
Sven.

[Airforce1000]

You guys look better than you perform. I know how to tip you guys over if my team ever decides to play defense. Not that we need to, we're a great offensive team. Your robot does look great though.

[SteveO]

60, you guys were awesome at Phoenix. Those were great and close quarterfinal matches we played with you guys. I can't wait to see you guys in Vegas, maybe this time we can be stacking the same color tetras in the quarterfinals.