VIDEO - Team 25 Autonomous!

[nuggetsyl]

we have a simple button box and a flight stick. A camera is also on the bot that does most of the work well all it it lol. I am starting to love that darn thing.

shaun

[slickguy2007]

Awesome job 25, looks like another Evil Machine has escaped from the lab . We'll fear... I mean see you at NJ.

GO 1403!!!

[Travis Covington]

Absolutely amazing. I am truly scared.

One question, it seems as though the turret didn't rotate in the video? Is it just a small amount, or does it not move at all there?

[Mike Schroeder]

Originally Posted by Travis Covington

Absolutely amazing. I am truly scared.

One question, it seems as though the turret didn't rotate in the video? Is it just a small amount, or does it not move at all there?

it moved its just hard to tell in the video, the camera is tracking the goal the whole time, so it was moving with every turn

[Heretic121]

HAX!!!!

HAX!!!

ive seen the code they hax it all!!! all of it!!! its all lies!!! *or something

great job guys!!! i hope i can get down to NJ to see you guys!!!

[Bharat Nain]

Originally Posted by Travis Covington

Absolutely amazing. I am truly scared.

One question, it seems as though the turret didn't rotate in the video? Is it just a small amount, or does it not move at all there?

We set the turret quite close to where it is suppose to be when it shoots. If we are off, it will correct itself. Here is a video of us tracking the green light. To save weight, we did not use the servos. The camera works itself using the globe motor on the turret.


Truly scared? Me too

[petek]

At the risk of thread highjacking,

Originally Posted by Joe Johnson

[b]
To the rest of the ChiefDelphi.com community:
What percentage of teams do you think will be able to do this?

I (hope/expect/won't be surprised) to see at least three teams score in autonomous at close to the level shown by 25 in New Jersey next week. Since there are 63 teams registered for that event, that works out to 5%.

Of course this is the New Jersey Regional, so you'd expect to see exemplary performance!

[SpaceBoy2000]

All I can say is:

Thank god you guys aren't coming up north. That is one amazing feat that beast just did.


And brakes. $@#$@#$@#$@#, I knew I was forgetting something.
Note to self: Use fixit window to rig up brakes under 1/2 lb

[Tom Bottiglieri]

Originally Posted by Bharat Nain

We set the turret quite close to where it is suppose to be when it shoots. If we are off, it will correct itself. Here is a video of us tracking the green light. To save weight, we did not use the servos. The camera works itself using the globe motor on the turret.


Truly scared? Me too

I know your robot can track the green, but lets see it make some cupcakes!

[petek]

Originally Posted by SpaceBoy2000

And brakes. $@#$@#$@#$@#, I knew I was forgetting something.
Note to self: Use fixit window to rig up brakes under 1/2 lb

I bet it pulls the rug tight when it slams on its brakes! That was one of the things which amazed when they debuted this robot's granddad: how it stopped on a dime on top of the slippery ramp.

[Pavan Dave]

Now that is SWEET!
Thats 30 Points
To Dr.Joe, I bet many teams have shooters so I think the only thing that will be a problem will be 2 shooters shotting at eachother's balls

-Junx

[Joe Johnson]

Originally Posted by Pavan

Now that is SWEET!
Thats 30 Points
To Dr.Joe, I bet many teams have shooters so I think the only thing that will be a problem will be 2 shooters shotting at eachother's balls

-Junx

So you are saying that all (or many) teams with shooters will be able to drive into position (if req'd) and shoot 10 balls in 10 seconds?

I can't believe it to be true.

I sort of hope it is but I doubt it.

joe J.

[SpaceBoy2000]

Originally Posted by petek

I bet it pulls the rug tight when it slams on its brakes! That was one of the things which amazed when they debuted this robot's granddad: how it stopped on a dime on top of the slippery ramp.

Well, since my team's not buying my idea of dropping a wrench into the gearbox using servos, I guess I'll have to stick to the electronic brakes. So, we'll stop on a twoonie instead of a dime.

I'm still amazed at how well it shoots. I take it you can vary the speed to shoot the balls from different distances, right? So...all we need to do is to strap a glowing green panel onto someone's head and then play a little game of dodgeball...

[Not2B]

I agree with Dr. Joe.

Few teams will be that good. That's very impressive.

We seem to forget, everyone remembers the BEST teams BECAUSE they can do the very difficult. There are many many GOOD teams, but they are more forgetable. Not that there is anything wrong with that - it's fun watching the best teams, and it's fun being a good team, or even being us.

I think back to last year, when 66 was caping in auto mode, and others were stacking on the corner goals in auto mode - all impressive. All we did was knock down the corner tetra. But you know what? About half the matches we were the only one moving in auto mode.

Ah, let's face it. We are so excitied just to be able to see the green light and move in the general direction of it, while trying to destroy the backboard with a volley of foam death.

[Bharat Nain]

Originally Posted by SpaceBoy2000

Well, since my team's not buying my idea of dropping a wrench into the gearbox using servos, I guess I'll have to stick to the electronic brakes. So, we'll stop on a twoonie instead of a dime.

I'm still amazed at how well it shoots. I take it you can vary the speed to shoot the balls from different distances, right? So...all we need to do is to strap a glowing green panel onto someone's head and then play a little game of dodgeball...

We can adjust the speed but we almost never need to unless we are shooting beyond half field. The only variable we have is the balls. We can adjust the shooter so to adapt to new balls or old balls but not both. We have a medium setting but then some balls will go farther and higher than others but not a whole lot of difference - just a slight. At that point, it is a matter of luck for most teams except for those awesome catapult bots. Otherwise though, this thing works like a charm and gets those balls in every single time. We have taken this apart, changed it, and put it back together over 9 times through the season. It's been quite an adventure.