Who needs Teasers? Team #1132, RAMBO Raptar preview

[Sachiel7]

Hello all,
Well it's about that time again, most teams are hard at work on their robots, and people are sharing their ideas. So, in the spirit of Gracious Professionalism, I'm posting up a overview/preview of our 2006 robot, RAMBO Raptar:

There are a few preview renders here:

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/pi...le&picid=12711


http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/pi...le&picid=12712

Please, post questions/comments. Discussion is the key to progress...

[agndoggieboi]

oh man that looks so awsome man...cant wait to see the real one!!

[Sachiel7]

Thanks
I'm a little suprised noone has really asked questions about the design yet...
I thought It might spike some interest since most teams I've seen are extending right up to the 5ft barrier, whereas we'll be about 3.5 ft tall...

And yes, we are using Lexan as side material for our subsystems. It rocks.

We are going to be in DC during the afternoon slot....look for us then...

[Tim Arnold]

What program was used to make these renders? They look freaking awesome!

[chris31]

I think they were just made from Inventor 10 (or whatever the new one is), but im not sure.

[bluisnake]

Can it pick up balls? How does it load them into the firing mechanism?

[chris31]

Ill see if i can get a few more angles posted up, but here is how it works. In teh front there are a conveyer system made from pvc pipes. They go up to the hopper. The hopper is slanted. Then there is another very similiar conveyer system to take them to the loader.

[Sachiel7]

The renders were made in inventor studio within Inventor 10.
As chris31 explained, there is a PVC style conveyor system that takes in balls from the floor and loads them into the hopper, as well as the top of the hopper being wide open (and low!) for the HP to pop in some balls.
There is a similar conveyor system at the back of the hopper which is gravity-fed, and takes balls up to the position just before our launch spinwheels (which our launcher is on a turret) and will be pushed into the launch wheels via a small piston/mechanism.
We had originally planned a long guide strip to push up and down that would curve to adjust angle for the launcher, but as per the shooter rule clarification, this isn't allowed, so here you can see the compact version of the design with a smaller adjuster.
We're going to play around with it, and if we don't like it, we're probably going to make a permanent angle ramp off the shooter, and adjust velocity for ranged shots.
We expect to probably make shots at least anywhere within the scoring half of the field, if not a good portion behind the center line if needed.
I will probably post an update with some pics of the real bot so far to get an idea of how everything functions.