Silly and ridiculous robot designs.

[Cooley744]

giant desiel teflon ducktape cannon

[The_Laughing_ManMII]

toilet seat

[CzarValvador]

We were talking about how get the ball over the overpass, and my response was "Why don't we just jump over it?"

Yeah...

[EricH]

Originally Posted by pyxelz

actually, that was done by one team 4 or 5 years ago. there was a giant screen that unfolded - the screen was painted black on one side and white on the other, making a one-way veil. can't remember which team right now though...

More than one, but I know who you are referring to. That was a common tactic in 2003

[cobrawanabe1699]

Our robot will use the VERY SAME tranporting (atomizer maybe....?) devise used in the Starship ENTERPRISE to make laps. Only problem we've had so far is getting the robot to stop turning into plasma...

[galewind]

Originally Posted by lilac

Well, i can't remember a specific ridiculous design now, but am sure everybody wanted to paint themselves in silver paint n pretend you are the bot!

hahahaha, jk ^^

Hey, you got something against painting yourself silver?

[Zultraranger]

Someone had a design of making a "poking stick" that consisted of 90 degree angles and just went around and "poked" at the ball. It actually wasn't even looked at.

[Illegalsocks]

our team has the running joke of "Toaster Bot" from last year (and this year). If the match was a water challenge, we would cannibalize ourselves to "toast" the opponents. scrapped due to the lack of gracious professionalism.

also, "Wesley Bot" (me in a cardboard box). What a riot

[1619Aaron]

A mentor and I were discussing the possibility of a robot that could create a worm hole that would transport the ball back in time and through space so we could score at the beginning of the match. It would also allow us to score many more times than the other teams.

[Devin_P]

Originally Posted by s_forbes

Making a wooden trebuchet robot would be pretty cool...

After looking at the pink team's 'teaser', it may actually be a viable strategy.

do u know what the counter weight is on a french catapult is i rmr our physics saying its like a 40:1 ratio lol

[Doug_I_854]

for the tetras...
positively charge the tetras, and negatively charge the arm

for aim high

positively charge the balls, negatively charge the robot...

for rack n roll...

positively charge the tubes, negative charge the robot...

for overdrive...

positively charge the track ball, negatively charge the ground.


i dont get it, is it such a bad idea?

[sethw]

In 2007 a few people came up with the idea of making a MonkeyBot able to climb the rack to put the tubes on the top spider. We decided it wouldn't be worth the penalties.

[Mars-BW]

Hmm... This year a gigantic spear that could impale the ball and carry it around with it touching the ground. Alternatively, a hot air balloon with a claw on the bottom, a Trebuchet, a ballista and a freshman in a box.

[roboticWanderor]

Originally Posted by Alan8or

So one of our team members (one known for having oddball ideas) was presenting an idea of his to the team. It involved a claw that could pick up the ball, and set it on top of the flat part of the arm, on a platform attached to a bungee. Then a pneumatic would lift the platform up to 45 degrees and that would put tension in the bungee. Then we release a catch and the bungee makes the ball go flying.

At some point in his presentation, I say "So it's basically a giant crossbow, right?"

Funny stuff.

that was MY design, basically a huge crossbow that tensioned bungees with a pneumatic (or 2) that flung the balls across the field. but that was before i actually picked one of the suckers up .....

[DtD]

Ha ha, I guess our's isn't the silyest, but one of our members wanted to make a pickle launcher to knock the trackball down, alas it was against the rules (projectiles and leaving things on the field)

~DtD