pic: 701's 10 Victors

[Doug G]

Originally Posted by nsr

haha they kind of do look like metal shavings >.<

hmm, wow your bot is really light then if you have all of that and a ramp

you guys should post a picture of what your bot actually looks like

Suspense is fun!! But really I just haven't had the time and no one else on the team is into posting pics. I place a couple more pics in CD-Media that will show up some time on Monday. But to answer some questions already...

1) Those are not metal shavings, it is a reflection from the camera flash of the fiberglass mounting panel that runs the entire bottom of the robot - very light!!

2) We will have 2 Carbon Fiber ramps powered by FP's - pic will be in CD Media Monday. The ramps are removable if we feel someone else on our alliance has a better ramp system. Two bolts and two wires is all we do to remove them.

3) We are using the 2 CIM Banebot 12:1 Transmissions for each side.

4) Why 10 Vic's?? 4 of them power the 4 CIM's for driving. 2 power our dual Globe Motor telescoping device, 2 power our Window Motors for our arm, and 2 power the FP's which "kick up" our 2 ramps. The 6 that get the most use are the 4 CIM's for driving and the 2 window motors that control our arm. With our bot in a down telescoped position, we can pick up tubes off the floor or from a HP and score on the 1st and 2nd rows of the rack.

5) We have a pnuematics system which includes pump, 2 tanks, and 2 cylinders for our "grabber". A pic of this will also be in CD-Media Monday.

6) The rest of the robot? I'll put a pic in CD-Media for you. We're still doing a ton of software testing... PID on our telescoping section, Encoders on each drive transmission, smoothing algorithm to reduce stress on BaneBot Trans, and a Potentiometer on our arm. Last year was our first year using encoders and PID, and now we are running with it. This is our first year using feedback from a pot to give us better control of an arm. Luckily we finished the robot 10 days early to give us plenty of time to get it working right and to practice.