pic: Team 254 2007 robot

[Cory]

Originally Posted by Budda648

That's the sweetest blue I have ever seen. Please don't let it be any darker than what it is pictured.

Are you guys worried about the big black wire dangling off the side? It could be an entanglement issue, unless you've already fixed that problem.

It's a piece of IGUS cable chain, to carry the pneumatic tubing and wires running up to the grabber. It never leaves the footprint of the robot, but it does flop around a bit. 968 has been practicing with theirs run inside the elevator, which has worked well, so we'll probably do the same for the comp bot.

Originally Posted by rachal

Wow, gorgeous design, and very nice wheels I can't wait to see this at LA.

How is the elevator mechanism actuated?

Two big CIM's are driving a 2" spool that pulls a cable attached to the grabber

[teenmisfit]

Originally Posted by Lil' Lavery

Do you actually plan on touching that 16 fps high gear? 116 only used our 10.5 fps high gear once all of VCU, there wasn't much need for it.

we used our 14fps high gear for most of the time then switched to low gear for pushing or climbing ramps. Im sure they will make great use of it ... PS u have a beautiful bot and i met 968 last year and they looked amazing. Look forward to hopefully seeing you in atlanta

[alphaone]

Whoa cool.. Looking forward to seeing it in action.