pic: Team 1717's PenguinBot 2008

[Amir]

Originally Posted by Lil' Lavery

I'm glad 1717 is getting some attention this year, as this isn't the first time they've made an outstanding bot. If anything, their bot last year was even better (one of the best ramp bots of the year, and it could score a couple tubes), pity it didn't attend the Championship.

Thanks for noticing our robot from last year. We were really proud of our lift mechanism and we wished that we could have taken it to Atlanta so that more people could have seen it. Our robot lifted for over 700 points at the San Diego Regional.

It had huge panels that were very easy to get on and could lift in less than two seconds. It not only lifted the other two robots but it lifted our own robot as well. It took 800lbs to compress it. The panels were composites made from a foam core with aluminum facesheets. These were hand cut, shaped, and glued together by students on our team.

If anybody is interested, here is a link which shows every one of our lifts both good and bad at the San Diego regional.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okbeHXxAR7A

-Amir

[Akash Rastogi]

Originally Posted by Amir

Thanks for noticing our robot from last year. We were really proud of our lift mechanism and we wished that we could have taken it to Atlanta so that more people could have seen it. Our robot lifted for over 700 points at the San Diego Regional.

It had huge panels that were very easy to get on and could lift in less than two seconds. It not only lifted the other two robots but it lifted our own robot as well. It took 800lbs to compress it. The panels were composites made from a foam core with aluminum facesheets. These were hand cut, shaped, and glued together by students on our team.

If anybody is interested, here is a link which shows every one of our lifts both good and bad at the San Diego regional.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okbeHXxAR7A

-Amir

Wow, I agree with Sean, last year's 'bot is awesome as well. Good luck next year. Hope you do well in Atlanta next year as well.

[Graham Donaldson]

Team 1676 had the honor of being next to 1717 in Galileo this year at Nationals. One of the best teams that I've ever had the pleasure of meeting, they were gracious, confident, and their robot was of the highest quality. Nothing but good things to say about 1717.

[sdcantrell56]

Do you guys have any pictures you could post of the elevator and winch system , especially with the ratchet.

[R.C.]

What gearboxes did you guys use, it was a really fast robot for single cims on each side.

[erikab]

Originally Posted by rc_cola1323

What gearboxes did you guys use, it was a really fast robot for single cims on each side.

We actually did use 2 CIMs on each side. I could get back to you with the gearbox information, if you are still interested.

[R.C.]

yes, but amir said you guys used 2 cims on the lift mechanism??

[erikab]

As Amir said, we used two Fisher-Price motors with 64:1 Banebots transmissions. We determined that these motors were more than strong enough to run the forklift, leaving the 4 CIMs for the drivetrain.

[R.C.]

its late, i was thinking of different motors and what were the gearboxes used on the drivetrain,

thankyou

[Joe Ross]

Originally Posted by rc_cola1323

What gearboxes did you guys use, it was a really fast robot for single cims on each side.

They were AndyMark Gen 2 Servo Shifters.

[erikab]

Sorry for all of the motor confusion.

For the drivetrain, we used:
AndyMark Gen 2 Servo Shifters with 2 CIMs on each side (4 CIMs total)

For the lift mechanism (forklift), we used:
2 Fisher Price motors with 64:1 Banebots transmissions, 1 directly inserted into the drum's axis on each side

[SEA]

Thanks for all the positive feedback! Our team really appreciates it!!