Cool Frame Ideas?

[Qbranch]

Originally Posted by Hachiban VIII

I've always wanted to build a robot that way. I <3 Fiber Glass

1024 has used fiberglass in numerous applications for guarding fragile components...

Maybe the best and most visible use was to guard our camera in our 2006 robot. One of our members was also on the football team that year and brough his helmet in... which he sat on the top of the robot over the camera. I looked at it... yes it worked but... then i picked up the helmet... well lets say we could have had an extra frame rail in the robot.

But I digress. Yes, I agree with fiberglass being a spectacular robot material. It's easy to work with and requires a tiny amount of equipment to do well, none of which is costly. It's also easily repairable (west systems makes a great repair kit which can be bought in bulk if you plan on using fiberglass a lot, a hefty investment at first but well worth it + lasts you through a lot of holes/cracks).

1024 will eventually try experimenting with carbon fiber... as soon as we get someone to donate/get cheaply a large industrial oven.

Our 2006 robot was probably one of my favorite frames ever... it was simple but it worked. The cool thing was the frame rails (machined out of 1/2" thick 6061-T6 post-consumer aluminum) also had the bearing nests in them for the tracks, and the end of the frame had a tongue-and-groove section to allow for track tensioning (the last part of the frame was a seperate part that slid into it). The two frame rails were joined by a 1/16th inch thick aluminum sheet metal box that was riveted to both sides. Held together great through a season of slamming into the ramps at the last second... man I loved the 2006 game.

-q

[AndyB]

Anything from 1501 is pretty much a sweet frame design whether it be monocoque like previous years or their sweet chromoly design this year.

[Doug G]

Originally Posted by Hachiban VIII

I don't know about these ovens you speak of.
-q

I was referring to what Qbranch mentioned...

Originally Posted by Qbranch

1024 will eventually try experimenting with carbon fiber... as soon as we get someone to donate/get cheaply a large industrial oven.
-q

While in industry, autoclaves and ovens are often used, you can still get a good cure from building your own hot box.

Originally Posted by Hachiban VIII

2005 Our entire arm was made from honeycomb laminated carbon fiber that was resined together at the joints.
-q

That's the kinda thing that would be interesting to make. Do you have any pictures?

[=Martin=Taylor=]

Originally Posted by Doug G

That's the kinda thing that would be interesting to make. Do you have any pictures?

Search before you post I got this picture off of your own team's website!