pic: N.E. FIRST Conference Vex Demo

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Originally Posted by Conor Ryan

now thats a high quality VEX field, how did you make it? I like the vision tetra's too.

And yes your robot is awesome.

Thanks! Eventually, I plan on getting the Vex Ultrasonic Sensor, to try to see if it will work off the vision tetra panels. If it does, I may make an autonomous mode in which is finds the tetra and then caps it. But that is a long way off, as the Programming Module still isn't available in any of my local RadioShack stores.

The goals are made of 1/2" EMT pipe, the tetras are of 1/2" CPVC pipe, and the auto loading platforms are of 1/2" x 1/2" wood. I'd like to thank my father for these, as he built a lot of the playing field components while I built my Vex robot. The Vex robot will stack a maximum of eight tetras on the center goal and will easily stack all twelve that I have on the side goals. Here is a picture of a twelve tetra high stack at the SNE conference: (Steve Cremer is the person in the background)



Mapquest says that Rochester is about six hours from my home in Connecticut. If I did go, that would be a long trip. But, I don't have anything on October 29th, so I might go. Maybe.

EDIT: Okay everyone, you convinced me! At this point, I am about 95 percent sure that I will be able to attend the Ruckus!