1519 - One Dual-Config Robot or Two Robots?

[Ken Streeter]

Originally Posted by Elgin Clock

Do you have a picture of both robots as one entity, or as much together as weight allows?

We didn't get a picture of both configurations in the same place at GSR. However, we do have a photo from the "Robot Unveiling" from the Friday prior to ship date:



A high-resolution version of the same image is available at http://www.mechanicalmayhem.org/imag...-unveiling.jpg

Originally Posted by Elgin Clock

I think what is burning you technically is the bumpers if I am envisioning this correctly. Do all your bumpers that you would use on every configuration meet standard weight limit requirements?

We had a set of six bumpers which weighed exactly 15.0 pounds of which a subset would be mounted on either configuration, as follows:

• Bumpers 1 and 2: Side bumpers for "Fezzik"
• Bumper 3: Back bumper for "Fezzik"; same bumper could be mounted as the front bumper for the "Speed Racer"
• Bumpers 4-6: Side and back bumpers for the "Speed Racer"

The bumpers used in either configuration covered just more than 2/3 of the perimeter for that starting configuration. We actually had a fair bit of difficulty getting all six bumpers into the 15 pound weight limit -- we used 1/20th aluminum angle (instead of the 1/16th we've used in prior years) and carefully chose the placement of our fasteners in order to minimize weight and accommodate both robot configurations.