Major robot upgrades refore next Regional

[MegaSparks]

I think the students can pull the modification off and the robot has the potential to be the best one on the field. The students just started making a list of everything that could be made better and then made plans to do it. In one day I recieved over 50 e-mails from students and other mentors about robot improvements and if they could be done. Talk about 8-10 hours of brain storming in cyberspace, I was exhausted. No part of the robot will be spared from the upgrades and no one upgrade is technically difficullt it is just the vast combination that brought me to ask the question. We have 33 updates planned.....

CORE has come through in the past and will do again! I just love to watch the students work on the robot.

Where is my coffee?

[T3_1565]

we will be making upgrades thursday for our first regional based upon what we saw from the first week videos lol


See you all in Week 4 and 5!

[Josh Murphy]

Keep in mind the 25 lb rule on spare parts that can be brought in. However you can take as much material as you want and construct there.

[Jherbie53]

Originally Posted by Josh Murphy

Keep in mind the 25 lb rule on spare parts.

I haven't really seen them enforce the 25lb rule, but then I'm not there on Thursday either. Have teams really been penalized for having more than 25lbs? It's just replacement parts that have been fabricated and not raw material, right?

[Josh Murphy]

Originally Posted by Jherbie53

I haven't really seen them enforce the 25lb rule, but then I'm not there on Thursday either. Have teams really been penalized for having more than 25lbs? It's just replacement parts that have been fabricated and not raw material, right?

It's not really a matter of them enforcing it, it's a matter of GP. I have no idea if a team has ever been penalized, never had to deal with that because we always comply within the 25 lbs. You can bring as much raw material as you want and build or make your improvements at the regional but fabricated parts must be 25 lbs or less.

[Laaba 80]

Our team has decided to convert our robot into a shooter that can fire all the way across the field while driving 40fps and easy handling. Oh, did you want realistic upgrades?

No, we do need to replace a belt and a few other things. We should be able to get it done just fine though. I'm not worried.
Joey

[Mike Harrison]

We are adding on a turret to shoot poof balls at green lights and another arm to place tubes on the hurdle...

[Herodotus]

Originally Posted by Mike Harrison

We are adding on a turret to shoot poof balls at green lights and another arm to place tubes on the hurdle...

You haven't done that yet?

[Jay TenBrink]

We will be making modifications to the wrist mechanism so we will no longer get caught on the rack if we over-drive a hurdle.

We'll also make a few other tweaks to enable us to de-rack the ball in hybrid mode.