pic: RAGE 173 versus ... Vex ?!?

[artdutra04]

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[EricH]

So who won? Vex or FRC?
Did you need to modify the 120 pound bot in any way?

[Barry Bonzack]

I sure hope that VEX bot is manuverable, I am doubting it will win in a pushing match

[Francis-134]

Originally Posted by Barry Bonzack

I sure hope that VEX bot is manuverable, I am doubting it will win in a pushing match

Something tells me that the pushing match would quickly deteriorate into a crushing match. Nice work there though.

[artdutra04]

Nope, no modification of the RAGE robot was needed. We were just sitting there, and Ogre decided to see if he could score one of the mini tetras with their robot. Their arm couldn't pick them up off the floor, and I didn't have my loading zones, so I just put them on their gripper. Then we tried to see if the Vex robot could play defense and prevent the other from capping. RAGE wasn't bad at capping, but it was slow lining it up, so Vex would win in the capping speed. But RAGE won when it came to height, as Ogre used RAGE's robot and lifted the mini goal off the ground about five feet, which was out of reach of my Vex robot. It was really fun to watch, maybe we'll do it again tomorrow. Here are a few more pictures from the event:





Then, a little after that little game, we decided to make a second tetra-scoring Vex robot out of parts in only one Kit. So Amy (another student from 228) and I took the Squarebot, and less than 15 minutes later, we now had two Vex robots capable of scoring tetras.

[Jeff Rodriguez]

It was a lot of fun. The RAGE bot couldn't reach low enough to pick up the mini tetras, so Art used the Vex bot to hand them off to the RAGE bot. I then capped, very slowly, with the RAGE bot. The Vex bot also played defense once and knocked a mini tetra right out RAGEs grip.
Kudos to Art for building such a great Vex robot. It really grabs peoples attention when they see it.

Note: It's hard to maneuver the robot fractions of an inch at a time to get it lined up right.

[KathieK]

We've all been having way too much fun playing with these robots at the convention...

[JVN]

Art,
This is cool. It is great to see you out there increasing the visibility of Vex, and showing people how cool it can be.

Thanks for your efforts! I hope you're having fun with it!
John