Team 1515 presents Mad Max

[Dominicano0519]

good job except that i don't think you will have too much luck getting ringers off the floor? right?

also those hooks look kind of pointy

[Alex Cormier]

looks good, get your inspiration from 233 '05? Also is it able to pick up form the floor and where you guys going this year?

[ZachKahn]

Originally Posted by Alex Cormier

looks good, get your inspiration from 233 '05? Also is it able to pick up form the floor and where you guys going this year?

We saw 233 compete in Denver in 2005. We thought 118 and 233 were amazing. We adopted some of their ideas but had to work within our building constraints. We do not have the machining capabilities to do some of the other cool things that they did.

Yeah, the bot can pick up from the ground but we tested that function after we filmed the video.

We're going to Los Angeles, Denver, and Nationals.

[sanddrag]

Originally Posted by ZachKahn

We're going to Los Angeles.

Excellent. I need to see this arm in person. It looks very smooth. I want to poke around in there and see how it is all actuated.

[ZachKahn]

Originally Posted by Dominicano0519

good job except that i don't think you will have too much luck getting ringers off the floor? right?

also those hooks look kind of pointy

We sanded down the points and tried picking up tubes off the ground. We lowered the arm into the middle of the tube while the robot was driving forward. Once the points are under the farther edge, we can pivot the arm up and pick up the ringer.

[Xenozero]

I dont know if im goin a little nuts but, i think i remember reading a rule that the only thing that you could to to the spider leg while scoring is push from the front, the side , and from the bottom, i dont remember anything about pulling the spider leg. and from what i saw, the students arm was pretty much pulled out when you guys scored.

[ZachKahn]

Originally Posted by Xenozero

I dont know if im goin a little nuts but, i think i remember reading a rule that the only thing that you could to to the spider leg while scoring is push from the front, the side , and from the bottom, i dont remember anything about pulling the spider leg. and from what i saw, the students arm was pretty much pulled out when you guys scored.

I reread the rules after you posted your comment. I could not find anything against pulling on a spider leg. If you find something in the rules, please let me know.