pic: NiagaraFIRST Teaser

[Karthik]

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[Adam Richards]

Karthik releasing a teaser?!

[Jonathan Norris]

Looking forward to great things from you guys again this year, your robots last year were amazing. Hopefully we will give you a better run for your money this year in Mississauga and Waterloo?

oh and do I smell a holonomic drive system with those DeWalt transmissions?

[KenWittlief]

I rebuilt the engine in my first car (68VW) and Im certain the motor contained less parts than that!

[NextPerception]

why the heck do you have the back cover off six drills???
look at the drill here if you have no idea what i am talking about

[Heretic121]

niagra first is 3-6 teams i belive *i want to say 3* so 2 per bot!?!?

btw cant wait to see the finished product!

[Cory]

Originally Posted by NextPerception

why the heck do you have the back cover off six drills???
look at the drill here if you have no idea what i am talking about

Because they're only using the drill transmissions.

[Vince lau]

are they building triplets again

[Tim Delles]

are they building triplets again

Most likely. Karthik can't wait to see you guys in action.

[Peter Matteson]

Looks like evidence of SWERVE to me. Sprockets to turn the wheels, bearing surfaces, and mounts. 4 NBD transmissions to drive the wheels and 2 NBDs to rotate them.

Or maybe I'm just losing it and see evidence of SWERVE in every part teaser at this point.

[Joel Glidden]

Are those orange objects at the top of the frame - dare I say it - TAPE MEASURES?!

OH NO! It's 2002 all over again

Oh wait, there it is...

<G09> "... If any part of the ROBOT is touching the carpet, the ROBOT is not considered on the platform."

Phew! Close one!



Say.... what if you blocked your opponent's platform and used a tape measure / tether to make sure your robot couldn't be counted as "on the platform"?

[Holtzman]

Originally Posted by Joel Glidden

Are those orange objects at the top of the frame - dare I say it - TAPE MEASURES?!

OH NO! It's 2002 all over again

Oh wait, there it is...

<G09> "... If any part of the ROBOT is touching the carpet, the ROBOT is not considered on the platform."

Phew! Close one!



Say.... what if you blocked your opponent's platform and used a tape measure / tether to make sure your robot couldn't be counted as "on the platform"?

Joel's on to something here. New for this year, the teams of NiagaraFIRST will feature a special autonomous position system which consists of the gyro to measure heading, and 4 tape measures which extend out all sides of the robot. Then using 4 independent CMU cams, we read the numbers off the tape measures, accurately acquiring our location on the field. Good catch Joel.

[GaryVoshol]

Originally Posted by Joel Glidden

Say.... what if you blocked your opponent's platform and used a tape measure / tether to make sure your robot couldn't be counted as "on the platform"?

There is that minor inconvenience of the 60" expansion rule ...

[Jon K.]

Originally Posted by Joel Glidden

Are those orange objects at the top of the frame - dare I say it - TAPE MEASURES?!

OH NO! It's 2002 all over again

Oh wait, there it is...

<G09> "... If any part of the ROBOT is touching the carpet, the ROBOT is not considered on the platform."

Phew! Close one!



Say.... what if you blocked your opponent's platform and used a tape measure / tether to make sure your robot couldn't be counted as "on the platform"?

Other slight issue with this is that most tape measures are metal. No metal on carpet rule. I don't have a rule book handy so I can't quote a rule but I believe its R 35ish maybe.

[Tristan Lall]

Originally Posted by Jon K.

Other slight issue with this is that most tape measures are metal. No metal on carpet rule. I don't have a rule book handy so I can't quote a rule but I believe its R 35ish maybe.

No metal traction devices, actually. And <R35> is the bumper rule.