pic: Evil's twin - The Enforcer aka BINGO!

[Bharat Nain]

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[ajlapp]

Great looking bot.......

That looks to be only human-player loadable, is this true?

[Corey Balint]

Yup, Human-load only.

[Bharat Nain]

Some time tonight we will post some videos of the bot shooting in the middle goal.

The best part about this shooter is the ball loader, wheel and tilt are all on the same axis. We did a stress test on it last night and realized our weak spots so we are adding struts to strengthen the structure right now. (Thanks Mike and Tony).

We have been having major control system issues but hopefully it will work today. Autonomous is pending but that is nothing we cannot fix.

Thoughts?

-Bharat

[Greg Needel]

Originally Posted by Bharat Nain

We have been having major control system issues but hopefully it will work today.

Understatement of the year from what i hear.....Haven't you guys insured IFI is going to have a profitable quarter

looks really good guys, can't wait to see that thing in person.

[Tom Bottiglieri]

Originally Posted by Bharat Nain

We have been having major control system issues but hopefully it will work today. Autonomous is pending but that is nothing we cannot fix.

Is it still sticking in program mode? We fixed our problems by switching to last years gyro driver, but I have no idea why or how it worked. Maybe the ADC?

[Rickertsen2]

very nice. A configuration like that could have saved us alot of trouble.

[Jon K.]

OOOH pretty...

Another nice looking bot from team 25. Can't wait to see some video of it.

[SteveGPage]

Originally Posted by Corey Balint

Yup, Human-load only.

Looks like it would be tough to load balls during the match by throwing them into that basket. Have you considered adding some kind of netting to aid in catching the balls tossed? Nice looking robot and nice design! You all did a great job!

[Corey Balint]

Originally Posted by SteveGPage

Looks like it would be tough to load balls during the match by throwing them into that basket. Have you considered adding some kind of netting to aid in catching the balls tossed? Nice looking robot and nice design! You all did a great job!

At first we were slightly worried about that, but after testing, it turned out fine. While the occasional ball drops out, it is nothing really to worry about. We can fit 19 balls nicely, with no real problem. And for anyone thinking it jams easily, all we have to do is jiggle the drive, and it flows freely.

[Corey Balint]

Originally Posted by Tom Bottiglieri

Is it still sticking in program mode? We fixed our problems by switching to last years gyro driver, but I have no idea why or how it worked. Maybe the ADC?

The problems seem to have been solved, so far that is.

[Corey Balint]

We just made a couple of autonomous runs with the camera....10 balls in 9.8 seconds, from the 2nd spot. Video shall come after we breakdown the field later tonite.

[A.Lathrop]

Good robot!
I like the shooter on the turret*(sp maybe)
The only bad thing i see is it only being human player loaded...
Are you loading right next to the human players, or shooting with good wishes?

[Corey Balint]

Originally Posted by A.Lathrop

Good robot!
I like the shooter on the turret*(sp maybe)
The only bad thing i see is it only being human player loaded...
Are you loading right next to the human players, or shooting with good wishes?

We can do long range, if need be, but we go up to the goal mainly. We get the occassional bounce out, but we have our HP's trained very well.


Autonomous video is now up....
http://www.raiderrobotix.org/auto1.wmv

[petek]

One word: WOW! That is one great looking robot.

I hope Car Nack sees your autonomous demo before he makes any more predictions - that looked like an "easy" 40 pts if you can do it in competition.

So, where do you attach the precision re-alignment device for after your patented "push the opponent into the next time zone" moves? (sometimes called a slide-hammer).

Now I really can't wait for NJ.