how far have you gotten on your robot?

[gondorf]

my team...well...um... we opened the box and umm... we put together the kitbot sort of and umm... i dont know what else we did

how far have other teams gotten?

[gondorf]

if yo didnt use the kitbot what did you use? i mean there is the costs and the design and the kitbot is simple. please explain ow you can make something other that a kitbot with the KOP

[BuddyB309]

we only have some prototypes made from cardboard, we can stop the camera from having fits, and its so freaking cold in our shop! but the 3ds max team (which only consist of me and two other non-dedicated dudes ) is doing well. I just finishing lip synch today and i only had one aneurysms so far .

[Billfred]

One week in, and after strategizing the heck out of the game, 1293 has together our Kitbot frame and transmissions, with the gear tooth sensors mounted as well.

This week, the aim is to get Chomp ready for wiring.

(Yes, that would also be the first public mention of our 2006 robot's name.)

[Mike Martus]

Originally Posted by gondorf

if yo didnt use the kitbot what did you use? i mean there is the costs and the design and the kitbot is simple. please explain ow you can make something other that a kitbot with the KOP

You can purchase Alum stock from many sources and make a frame that is lighter and custom to your application. It really is not that hard.

[gondorf]

good point.

unfortunutely we arent able to get mor alum so we are stuck using kitbot.

we are still working on trying to make the motors work and i just found out that wheels cant be chemically treater for traction.

my school has problems with their robot

which brings up another question: have you had problems with your robot/prototype? i mean something like blowing up or smoking. our motors started to smoke

[sciguy125]

The chassis design is pretty much complete. The environmental manipulators have gone through concept and are going into design.

We're far behind schedule, but doing very well compared to last year... The design deadline has been pushed back 4 days.

We also had time to play with some proof-of-concept prototypes and looked at a bunch of commercial ball throwing devices.

[gondorf]

i remember the vex robots last year. my schools vex robot blew up and part of the team had scratches and burns.

remember to wear your safety glasses

just had to say that

[BuddyB309]

Originally Posted by gondorf

i remember the vex robots last year. my schools vex robot blew up and the entire team had scratches and burns.

remember to wear your safety glasses

just had to say that

Wow! tell me in detail how you got that to happen!

[Reyner]

We have hardly even finished the chassis of the kitbot, but that's because we took a week off for exams.

[gondorf]

Originally Posted by BuddyB309

Wow! tell me in detail how you got that to happen!

aactually it has almost happened before at home. the motors were accidentally left running and the thing heated up so much it started to smoke and burn.

at school it was all encased with no holes so the case exploded with the rest of that side.

strange things sometimes happen but for once this wasnt my fault

we just finished exams. we had to work through them

anyone else had things blow up or burn?

[gondorf]

as for the motors on the kitbot smoking the real problem was because there was a gear stuck.

we now have it working again and it is fine

[Arkorobotics]

No matter how much you do you will never be on schedule. So we are far enough.

[BuddyB309]

Originally Posted by Reyner

We have hardly even finished the chassis of the kitbot, but that's because we took a week off for exams.

I'm so glad our schools exams are befor break.

[Tim Delles]

which brings up another question: have you had problems with your robot/prototype? i mean something like blowing up or smoking. our motors started to smoke

First thing is was the robot moving. If the robot was not moving then most likely your motors were made to run opposite of each of each other. Which could cause them to blow up since they would be fighting each other.