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Unread 15-01-2008, 19:14
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Re: Our robot is done!

Don't foget that you must have your flagholder at least 51" high!!
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Unread 15-01-2008, 21:58
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Re: Our robot is done!

For the flag holder : there's four inches from the back of the scissor lift to the back of the limitations that the flag will fit on. we had to allocate the room especially.

As for hurdling when we get to the top : the manipulator goes up with the lift, so with a slope and lowering that over the first bar, the ball should roll right over, as long as we position it right.

And most people are correct, we don't plan to want to knock the ball off explicitly, but we do think with the cradle on there we will be able to actuate the scissor lift when we are -underneath- the rails to be able to hit it, it's not something we're designing for yet, and if we are able to do it it's a nice accessory ;P
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Re: Our robot is done!

It sounds like you're in great shape I hope your testing goes well.
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Re: Our robot is done!

Fantastic design! This allows for a good defensive build and the ability to hurdle! Great! One question- how long does it take to extend the scissorlift to hurdling position?
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Re: Our robot is done!

Good question, haha, I'll get back to you. From preliminary tests with actuators it seems like it will go up rather fast, and we actually may have to run down the pressure from max on these things. We're now using, after more testing today, 2 2 inch bore 12 inch stroke actuators, and we plan to tweak with the psi to get them to run at a reasonable speed. I don't see speed being an issue though, and we're shooting for, I don't want to sound unrealistic as I suppose I don't really know exactly, but maybe around ~6 seconds? Five? I'll let you know as the weeks progress.
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Re: Our robot is done!

Go with the scissor lift. We did that in 2005 and it worked great. The only problem was our drive base... >< But, we did win the Engineering Inspiration Award with it. First rookie team to ever win it! Anyway, it was awesome.
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Re: Our robot is done!

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Good question, haha, I'll get back to you. From preliminary tests with actuators it seems like it will go up rather fast, and we actually may have to run down the pressure from max on these things. We're now using, after more testing today, 2 2 inch bore 12 inch stroke actuators, and we plan to tweak with the psi to get them to run at a reasonable speed. I don't see speed being an issue though, and we're shooting for, I don't want to sound unrealistic as I suppose I don't really know exactly, but maybe around ~6 seconds? Five? I'll let you know as the weeks progress.
Just a suggestion/helpful hint.....A better way to slow down the cylinder actuation would be to use adjustable flow controls on the cylinders.
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Unread 16-01-2008, 16:28
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Re: Our robot is done!

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Here's what will probably end up being our final design for this year, with the chassis and the scissor lift (that's what's under that sheet metal). I know everyone says no scissor lifts, but I think we can do it, and it's one of the more efficient methods we thought of, for what we want to do.

... don't mind the cardboard ball. ;P

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If that's not a prototype manipulator, you may want to make your manipulator a lot more rigid.

Since the two claws only look like they are about 0.5" diameter aluminum tubing, as soon as another team runs into those, or your driver accidentally runs into the wall at the far end of the playing field, they are going to be bent. There are only so many times you can bend them back until they snap.
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Re: Our robot is done!

Seems like a good idea. Seriously going for a scissor lift? Good Luck!
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Re: Our robot is done!

Camtunkpa, yeah sorry, that's what I meant... I said psi but I was thinking of those =/.


Oh, that's -definitely- a prototype manipulator. Thanks for the input though, we plan to make that muchh more rigid, probably using ~3/4 or 1 inch square tubing in the end. Heheh.


... and yeah our ball popped. =( oye. new ones tomorrow hopefully.
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Re: Our robot is done!

if that was really your final design, i would eat my hat
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Re: Our robot is done!

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Get ready to eat your hat then. ;P

Seriously though, unless we find a major flaw, this is the -design- we are going to go with. Not the exact mechanisms or anything... but as I said those are the ideas we are running with.
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Re: Our robot is done!

You will be in the finals for sure!
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Re: Our robot is done!

how fast will your robot go in feet per second
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