Summer Project Poll

[Sharkbyte]

I want to try and make something like the wheels team #1 had on their robot. (the ones that can rotate nearly 360 horizantally)

Also I want to update the look of the web site

[Josh Murphy]

we don't really do much prototyping over the summer, we just go to the IRI, and have a big team picnic, but once we are back from summer break we start getting things ready to go and start sorting and getting things early ahead of time so during the season we aren't waiting for it. We take a break for the summer!!

[Jeremiah Johnson]

Originally Posted by Sharkbyte

I want to try and make something like the wheels team #1 had on their robot. (the ones that can rotate nearly 360 horizantally)

Also I want to update the look of the web site

I don't remember those wheels. One's that can rotate 360 degrees horizontally? Team 1 had a 6 wheel tank drive, not a crab drive if that's what you're thinking of. You guys were at MWR right next to us in the pits, maybe you were thinking of 71 or maybe you meant to put that down.

[kawelch]

We've plans to start/mentor 2 Lego leauge teams, host a rookie workshop for local teams, host a "how to avoid the sophmore slump" workshop, and of course FUNDRAISE!!!!

[Katie Reynolds]

We're doing our "rookie" training in the summer and making mock-FIRST robots with VEX and lego league kits.

[James1902]

1902 is planing of starting a new Lego league team at a middle school. we have previous Lego leaguers on our team and the middle school it's at is talking about fully funding it. I would also like to start thinking about mechanum or crab drive trains. otherwise just take a vacation.

[Greg Needel]

131: we are going to be rebuilding / starting from scratch a robot to play this game for the off season events. We are going to be using the project to train our freshman since we lost alot of the team this year.


me: work on the Ra Cha Cha, redesign the 2 speed for better manufacturability and robustness, new battle bot (tetracide v2 or a new bot), my Segway mods, the white papers i have been meaning to write, and a bunch of other stuff.

[Sharkbyte]

Originally Posted by Budda648

I don't remember those wheels. One's that can rotate 360 degrees horizontally? Team 1 had a 6 wheel tank drive, not a crab drive if that's what you're thinking of. You guys were at MWR right next to us in the pits, maybe you were thinking of 71 or maybe you meant to put that down.

Let's just say they were uber-manuverable

[Not2B]

Better frame designs that still fit our "Hacksaw and Drill" philosophy.

Writing down more of the "Hacksaw and Drill" Manifesto and philosophy to teach teams how to do more with less.

[Dillon Compton]

Team 1394:
-Further developing the Urban Support: FIRST program (including writing whitepapers, assembling data/statistics, creating an urban team network, among other things. Will be similar to Cybersonic's "Rural Support Network" but tailored to urban teams. Actually includes a lot of doing "more with less"- I'll be in touch with you, Not2B!).

-Our head teacher has convinced the school to offer a summer robotics science course for credit, so that'll be happening; will include the basic intro to FIRST (shop work, programming, electrical, etc...), as well as the applications of previously learned in-class science and math to robotics projects (physics, load calculations, what have you...). Probably will build a FIRST style robot out of our in shop materials and '04 control system, and hopefully work with Vex as well.

-Developing a "standard" drivebase and drivetrain [probably 2, actually- one with high manuverability (omni or mecanum wheels, holonomic system), and one that balances traction/power and manuverablity nicely.]; something that is functional, that we know like the back of our hands, and that we can put together in week 1 while having confidence that it will work well, and provide competitive power and/or manuverability. Also further shop training, teaching a few new programmers, etc...

Me:

-Holonomic/Tank(read tank as "high traction, standard drive configuration") combination drive system with single wheelset- not crab or swerve; if things work as I believe they will, expect a thread mid-july with explanations, diagrams, drawings, video, and photo.

-Further development of personal knowledge in the areas of software development and website programming.

-All of the 1394 stuff.

-Finish laying the groundwork and aquiring funders for a new team I recently started.

-More work with camera.

[Jeremiah Johnson]

Originally Posted by Sharkbyte

Let's just say they were uber-manuverable

This doesn't help. Can you puhlease give me more detail in what you are talking about. Their wheel sysemt was highly manueverable for a 6-wheel machine b/c not all the wheels were touching at the same time. I believe. They look like just regular wheels. Yeah... pictures tell all, 6 skyways. I still think you might be thinking of a different team.

Anyways... tonight at our meeting we talked about more offseason things. Possibly going to IRI. Maybe hosting our own offseason comp. Having a huge demo at the Mississippi Valley Fair with many of our past robots competing in a "new" game designed to fit all the robots specifications. We have about 4 usuable robots I think. We also talked about new FRC teams and Vex teams.

[supermosquito69]

Why stop at wheels!!!

Hell...let's get some powerful fans with a light-weight well designed structure so that you may be able to even fly!...(not above 4.5 ft..lol) But..helll....It would be ALOT of FUN!

[supermosquito69]

I mean...the human can only go as far as his mind takes him!

[hayakuneko]

Originally Posted by Joe_Widen

I've heard a lot of people talking about summer projects, so I thought I'd make a poll for it.


I'm trying to persuade my team to work on some mecanum wheels and a crab drive. I think I got the mecanum across, but while I was looking at Mecanum, I found that crab drive is so much cooler!! We're also going to hopefully attend IRI.

So what are you planning on doing?

well this is just me, but I'd like to do a vex project over the summer, maybe tackle this year or last year's vex challenge.. or maybe even try an auto-shifting tranny (like what 968) has..

hmm interesting...

114 will be busy.

We're rebuilding our bot cart out of aluminum, instead of the heave steel that it is now.

We're going to teach a drive train seminar for local teams

We're doing demos at local schools

We're doing demos at all of our sponsors

LAN parties

and food.