1114 Launcher

[Mike Yaremko]

I was at GTR this weekend. Obiviously 1114 dominated. I was just wondering if anybody knew how their launching mechanism worked.

[BT987]

all i know about it is they use some form of a gas shock thats what ive heard.
they are a great team

[Aren_Hill]

Originally Posted by BT987

all i know about it is they use some form of a gas shock thats what ive heard.
they are a great team

no gas shocks, no pneumatics

they shoot with the power of 1 fischer price. It pulls back a large linear bearing rod pulling surgical tubing taught. Then they have a pneumatic cylinder that punches the motor out of the powertrain and frees the shooter.

[Jonathan Norris]

Originally Posted by BT987

all i know about it is they use some form of a gas shock thats what ive heard.
they are a great team

It's not a gas spring. Its a metal shaft on a linear bearing attached to surgical tubing, the surgical tubing in winched down by a FP (I believe) in a dewalt gearbox. Then they use a dog gear as a clutch.

Edit: looks like I was beat to the 'punch'

[dtengineering]

Originally Posted by Mike Yaremko

I was at GTR this weekend. Obiviously 1114 dominated. I was just wondering if anybody knew how their launching mechanism worked.

According to Clarke's third law, I believe their entire robot works by magic.

Jason

[jimbot]

That sounds about right, maybe little nomes live inside the chasis and work there magic.

Way to go at Colorado Winnovation, you guys ted us with your shooter. (I'm sure we would have won if our launcher worked )

[Jonathan Norris]

ohh and another little timbit (you need to be Canadian to get that), the top arm of their roller claw is actually on a bit of a pivot and has a little piston at the end of it, so when they fire I bet they retract the piston to release the pressure on the ball.

Timbit #2: if you look closely they have another mini puncher on the end of their roller claw which they can use to poke the balls off the overpass. I've only ever seen them use this once, its another shaft in a linear bearing connected to a small piston.

[Graham Donaldson]

Originally Posted by Jonathan Norris

ohh and another little timbit (you need to be Canadian to get that)

So it's timbit now, not tidbit? Interesting...I'll have to start using that and confusing all my American friends...and then have them laugh at me when I tell them what it means...oh well.

But ending my ramblings- 1114's shooter was awesome. As Don said in Looking Forward's Week 5 predictions thread,

Originally Posted by Don Rotolo

I saw 25, I saw 103...and 1114 will eat their lunch. I have seen them, they got everything right this year.

It's true. That machine is above and beyond anything I have ever seen- it rivals 25's 2006 robot in excellence- and that robot was GOOD. The winch/crossbow idea sounds interesting- hope a member of 1114 posts with more specific details on how it works.

[cziggy343]

Originally Posted by robotcanuck1676

So it's timbit now, not tidbit? Interesting...I'll have to start using that and confusing all my American friends...and then have them laugh at me when I tell them what it means...oh well.

But ending my ramblings- 1114's shooter was awesome. As Don said in Looking Forward's Week 5 predictions thread,



It's true. That machine is above and beyond anything I have ever seen- it rivals 25's 2006 robot in excellence- and that robot was GOOD. The winch/crossbow idea sounds interesting- hope a member of 1114 posts with more specific details on how it works.

or maybe they will just keep it thier own little secret

[mark johnson]

Originally Posted by Jonathan Norris

ohh and another little timbit (you need to be Canadian to get that), the top arm of their roller claw is actually on a bit of a pivot and has a little piston at the end of it, so when they fire I bet they retract the piston to release the pressure on the ball.

Timbit #2: if you look closely they have another mini puncher on the end of their roller claw which they can use to poke the balls off the overpass. I've only ever seen them use this once, its another shaft in a linear bearing connected to a small piston.

I GET IT!! WE HAVE TIM HORTONS IN MICHIGAN AND THERE AWSOME!!!

[Karthik]

You can find out more info on our launcher on our website at: http://simbotics.org/robot

Alternatively, there's a lot of good info in this thread: http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...ad.php?t=65366

Feel free to ask any specific questions that you might have.

[Diriye]

Originally Posted by Karthik

Feel free to ask any specific questions that you might have.

Ok, how does one go about and stop your robot from scoring?

[s_forbes]

I don't think it's necessarily the shooter on Simbotic's robot that makes it work so well, it's the fact that every single part has been worked on and fine tuned to do its job efficiently. The drivetrain is fast, the pick-up is reliable, the auto racks up tons of points. Probably most importantly, their drivers are very skilled. Good driving is an enormous part of the game! If they had a bad driver trying to control it, they would just be just like any of the other dozens of good teams this year.

[Lil' Lavery]

Originally Posted by mark johnson

I GET IT!! WE HAVE TIM HORTONS IN MICHIGAN AND THERE AWSOME!!!

Obviously you haven't been to a Krispy Kreme recently...

[Akash Rastogi]

Could we see a pic of that dog gear? That'd be great since I'm still learning a lot of mechanical techniques involved with FIRST robots