FRC too easy...we're done :)

[Kittybot]

Team 1529 (Cyber Cards RULE) is finishing prototyping and CADing. We've basically got 65% of our CADs done. Then we'll send them to the fabricator. I don't know much mroe than that, I'm a rookie after all, and my groupleader likes to work on the manipulator by himself, so I don't know a whole lot.

[65_Xero_Huskie]

Hehe, the past 2 weeks weve gotten alot of drawings done! Poor trees, but they've gone to good use!
And i can believe you are done with your robot. But i want to point out one thing.
The past "top" teams have worked down to the wire to get everything together.
If beatty could put together a finished project in 2 weeks i would still find it hard to believe

[iPilipino]

Wow. Our team is about 3% done. We are about 2-3days behind schedule. But we only get about 2-3 hours of building a day because there are so many interuptions in the beggining of the meet from the people that don't belong there. So we have like an hour of prep time every single day. Hopefully we finish it in time though because as of now, we only do it on school days, and not on weekends. But we will probably start building on weekends.


But yeah, I guess good job on finishing it early!

[EricH]

Someone once said, "I know what finished is, and I know what a robot is, but what is this finished robot you speak of?"

Or, as someone else (from 222, I think) said in 2005(?), "Finish... what an interesting concept. I'm still trying to do that with our 2003 bot."

The point is, you ARE NOT done at this point. You won't be done until the robot goes into its crate after your last event of the year. Even then, you still aren't done until you finish your last offseason. I have seen a team modify their robot post-season...and do better than they did in the regular season.

Oh, and I'm going to have to call you on that 80 points. That's 8 hurdles in two minutes, which means an average of one every 15 seconds. (Or, what's harder, 20 herds or 40 laps without a trackball.) You might be able to do that with a clear field, but there are five other robots out there. I want to see a picture of the robot, if you think you can do it without compromising secrets. (And if it's a freshman in aluminum foil...)

[EricH]

Originally Posted by EricH

Or, as someone else (from 222, I think) said in 2005(?), "Finish... what an interesting concept. I'm still trying to do that with our 2003 bot."

I finally saw this quote in the spotlights. The original author was Joshua May, of team 1110, the Binary Bulldogs.

[Andy L]

I will quote every video game forum I've ever read "No SS didn't happen"

I'd like to see a vid or pic of your robot in action some of the best teams don't have designs done until week 2 or even 3. From what I've read I'd say you should reread every rule and make sure you pass every one because there is no way a fully well functional robot can be built in such a short time unless breaking R27 or R28.

[AdamHeard]

Originally Posted by squirrel

We were in the same situation as you, then I woke up.....



now we're back to real life, with pretty much nothing made, but some preliminary designs that might actually work. It's almost time to order parts!

I actually had that dream last night too.....

[Maggie27]

Originally Posted by squirrel

It's almost time to order parts!

We just got some of ours in yesterday. [:

[ScottieDo555]

Originally Posted by Otaku

Your bot's done, eh?

Lets see it, then.

Yeah you guys got a working robot but no digital camera to show it off,

huh..

[JesseK]

-Design & create your pit
-Build your robot crate, and if you're feeling adventurous design it so that it is part of your pit
-Train some students on how to speak to judges professionally
-Create some code to make your bot do something whacky/fun in hybrid mode for one round
-Prepare BoM, business plan, website, scouting materials (you'll need them if you can solo 80 points), etc
-Fundraise for additional competitions
-Powder Coat the bot with your team's color and work on tshirts, themed giveaways, etc, all to help show of your team's image.

You are by no means done

[Donny_Fresh]

ok so we just finished putting together the final touches on our robot. Like i mentioned before we're done. we took it apart today to make final measurements and final adjustments. The reason we were able to finish our robot so quickly was because we've been working on rolling chasis for almost a year now getting the right design together to optomize the torque output for the 6 wheel drive. We built a test track within 2 days of the kick off and made numerous efforts to make sure our robot would be able to go around this w/ ease. we then tested it in a full field of robots and even so we're able to make about 80 points with a tolerence of about (+-)10 points and we're planning on racking in about 15-20 points in the hybrid mode.

Our design is so simple yet it works so effeciently and so well that there's no doubt in my mind that it'll work to its full potential, but ill save that for the comp in april.

anyway to all those teams who said we wern't done well i mean no offense but when we say we're done we're done. we've got everything from fundraising to giveaways, to students very well informed of the rules and everything else.

finally ill have a picture of the robot posted within the week...most likly thursday. anyway good look to all the teams...give us some feed back, tell us how ur doing!!!

[Brad Voracek]

Wow! Sounds like you guys have the perfect robot after only a week and a couple days! Pretty amazing.


... in fact sounds like you have perfect everyything! Did you guys have help? This is a pretty good feat for a rookie team, because as a ninth year team we've never had a robot even close to done til week 4.5.


Care to elaborate on your manipulator, if you have one? Or do you plan to just drive around? I suppose it's feasible to just have a driving robot by now, but you guys don't plan on going beyond? Come on! You guys have 4.5 weeks left. Enough time to build a whole other robot! And you made sure that you rebuilt everything once the six weeks started right? Because you aren't supposed to build things before hand . . .

[T3_1565]

ummm just a question.. you said you worked on this design for a year, did you pre build it?? cause it is against the rules to do that, and it seems really hard for me to believe that your bot was finished in a week and a half we what sounds like a trackball manipulator designed and built.

If you managed to do that, then congrats! If not I hope you have plans to rebuild it now lol!

[Guy Davidson]

70-90 points in a full field of robots? Without hybrid? I'm sorry my friend, but I'm going to have to disbelieve you. I also have to mention that using any parts machined, bought, or created before kickoff is illegal.

But eighty points? I can't see it. Assuming you can place the ball in the end, you'll need 68 more points. That's seven laps when hurdling, seventeen with herding, and 34 when just driving. If you hurdle, we're still talking about making at least seven laps (+ last one to plae the ball). To me, that means that in just over seventeen seconds, you guys can pick up a huge ball that will be bouncing around, nagotiate around five other robots and three other balls, and toss or lift the ball over the overpass. I'm sorry, but I just don't see that happening.

Surprise me. I'd love to see a team put up 80 points in the teleoperated mode. But I just don't see it happening. The most I'd believe a team can put up is 60 points (without Hybrid), and that's with six hurdled laps and placing the ball in the end.

Good luck.

[jee7s]

hmmm....80 points would be 10 laps in 2 minutes with a hurdle on every lap. So, that means 1 lap every 12 seconds. The distance around the track at its shortest dimension is about 70 feet (30 or so for each long side, and 5 or so for each sort side). That means a speed of about 6 feet per second with instant acceleration, perfect turns, and perfect action of the manipulator. Possible, but not likely in just 10 days (even for a team of pros).

Also, it sounds from your post that this light-speed development stems from a one year project. That sounds like minor tweaks to mechanisms or designs that existed before kickoff....hmmmm

-JEE