pic: Blizzard VIII

[Koko Ed]

Originally Posted by Steve W

I believe that you just volunteered for Pie In The Eye event at Rukus.

That was a given.
The Sparx by themselves are good for at least $20 for an opportunity to slap Alex in the face with a pie!

[David Brinza]

Very nice looking robot - I especially like the color scheme.

Couple of questions:

Does the camera track while you're moving? I'd worry that it would wiggle too much on the end of the support to maintain lock on the light.

Is there a stop for robots once they get onto the horizontal platform? (I can't see one in the picture). If not, are you concerned about the robots driving over the edge?

Anyhow, see you in LA. in 2 weeks!

[Jonathan Norris]

Looks like a solid design this year. I like the simplicity of the bot, hopefully we will get a chance to climb those ramps a few times this year.

[Cory]

Looks like a solid bot guys. Hopefully we'll get to play with you at LA

[gabrielse]

How do you deploy your ramps?

[Vince lau]

Looks like another great robot from team 188, good luck at your regionals and see you at GTR

[J Flex 188]

Airline cable connected to two pins which hold the ramps upright. The cable is linked to a window motor in the centre of the robot. Soon as we need to deploy the ramps, we just run the motor. Originally we tried with a servo but it ended up not being entirely reliable. I'm sure someone else can provide more detail! There are also turnbuckles to adjust tension.

Originally Posted by gabrielse

How do you deploy your ramps?

[JamesBrown]

You guys in Canada sure are coming out with some impressive bots. Is it possible that 296 will be removing the only from the title "First and only FIRST champions from Canada"?

[Steve W]

The ramps are deployed as J Flex stated. The leg supports have springs which help to push the ramp outward and then we let gravity do the rest. I believe I was told they deploy in about 2 seconds.

The robot in the picture is missing the cage over the center of the robot. We believe that if a narrow robot wants to drive over to the other side it will be able to.

[Rick-906]

Originally Posted by JamesBrown

You guys in Canada sure are coming out with some impressive bots. Is it possible that 296 will be removing the only from the title "First and only FIRST champions from Canada"?

no we'll be adding a "to win twice in a row" onto that

[Nica F.]

I'm very excited to see this robot (And team of course ) in Los Angeles in less than two weeks!


Good Luck to you guys, ILL BE CHEERING FOR YOU!