Robonauts 118 - Unveiled '08

[Mrtrom]

Sweet robot guys, good luck to you

[Tom Bottiglieri]

NOT SLOW

[Josh Murphy]

Great job guys. Looks like it will be an awesome robot.

[cziggy343]

very, very nice robot... now ya'll better have an amazing autonomous mode

[JaneYoung]

I thought some of you who may not know this would enjoy and appreciate this thread about the Chariot and how 118 has had an impact.

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...ad.php?t=59205

[MOE]

Helloooooo from the NE
Very well done now let the drivers practice every chance they get. With lots of testing this bot will go far !!!!!!! SUPER JOB GOOD LUCK to all and hello to Brandon Seeeee Yaaaaaa in GA Team 88 TJ2 and OLD MOE

[scottydoh]

How are you not overweight?

[robowarriors41]

Anyone know that song name?

[Herodotus]

"New Born" by Muse I believe. Great song to go with it I would say.

[Barry Bonzack]

Originally Posted by Qbranch

Is it just me or is that the NASA International Space Station Assembly Building? where components are assembled and tested before sending them to the VAB?

Awesome cienematography! Wow that robot must keep the operator AND the driver busy with so many DOF!

I can't tell exaclty, what are you using for energy storage? Elastic cords of some kind it looks like?

Cool!

-q

The building you are thinking of is at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The Robonauts are in Houston.


This is on sick robot. Very little defense is allowed to be played this year, so I can see 118 going through LSR unscathed and unstoppable. (No offense to my other friends in texas). This will be a very good year for the crab drive, I was actually thinking the other day about how experienced 118 is at their drivetrain.

[roboticWanderor]

i cant wait to se this thing in action. i had a similar design idea at the begining of the year, but my team just thought i was crazy! looks like you guys pulled it off perfectly, reaching the high DPS niche you always do! expect me to come by and ask you guys all sortsa questions at LSR (i'll be the one in the purple)

[David Brinza]

Originally Posted by Uberbots

thats... going to be a tad hard to beat...

Great thing about FIRST:
If you can't beat 'em - join 'em!

"FeederBots" anyone? Herding and wrangling Trackballs well will look good on your "resume" during alliance selections.

[Travis Hoffman]

Originally Posted by David Brinza

Great thing about FIRST:
If you can't beat 'em - join 'em!

"FeederBots" anyone? Herding and wrangling Trackballs well will look good on your "resume" during alliance selections.

So would the ability to deprive such a bot of their "food" via effective opponent trackball herding....

[MrForbes]

Originally Posted by Travis Hoffman

So would the ability to deprive such a bot of their "food" via effective opponent trackball herding....

We've been thinking about how our shooter robot will be defended....it's an interesting mind game....

[neutrino15]

Originally Posted by roboticWanderor

i had a similar design idea at the begining of the year, but my team just thought i was crazy!

Heh, i know that feeling. I had a bajillion drawings of elastic launchers and springs.. My team thought it would be too stressful on the metal frame of our bot... HMPH!!!