pic: Team 401 Overdrive -- Scoring Position

[Jonathan Norris]

wow... is that monster within the 80" rule??
looks like a solid bot to me.

[Crebb]

you've gotta love the Hokie colors! Looks sharp.

[Phyrxes]

Originally Posted by Jonathan Norris

wow... is that monster within the 80" rule??
looks like a solid bot to me.

The 80" rule is horizontal dimension not vertical, you can go as high as you want (with the ceiling of the venue being a limiting factor).

Looking forward to seeing this in action at VCU as well.

[Jonathan Norris]

Originally Posted by Phyrxes

The 80" rule is horizontal dimension not vertical, you can go as high as you want (with the ceiling of the venue being a limiting factor).

Looking forward to seeing this in action at VCU as well.

I was talking about when they have the arm out at 90 degrees, I tried to design an arm early on exactly like this with the dual 4-bar linkage but could never get around the 80" horizontal rule. I was wondering how they solved it?

[Phyrxes]

Now you have me pondering the same thing, I guess I have another reason to look for it at VCU.

[ggoldman]

To answer the many questions,

YES...it is **Barely** within the 80" Cylinder. That was before we cut off 4" from the front of the 4-bars.

Thanks for all the great comments!

[Caio]

I really like your guy's air tank alignment (vertical down the center of the arm)...
very clean with the tubing and wiring on your board too <_< its a pretty robot

[Zultraranger]

When you want to lift the arm, how fast does the piston come out, because if it is too fast, wouldn't your bot tip over?

[Ross340]

Nice clean robot. But can I ask, Why a tractor? lolz

[ggoldman]

The tractor is being automated as part of a CAPSTONE senior design project with Virginia Tech Engineering Students.

The Engineering Students from VT worked with team 401 to develop what we call "farm bot" - a GPS controlled farming robot.


Seems like it is an "invention" that can help a community...


...maybe it will be showing up in some animations this year

[ShaneP]

Pretty colors... one of the cooler looking frame designs I've seen in a while.

[ggoldman]

Thanks ShaneP!

Team 401 likes making things look good.

But ironically, the shape of the frame came from us all sitting down and optimizing the design.

Each frame member has a purpose. This not only helped us to reduce weight (we are around 110lbs now with everything but lexan siding) but also made for a cool looking bot!