Help needed with team cart ideas!!

[Billfred]

Originally Posted by IKE

The light Idea for working during dark times is a great idea. I remember a couple of almost national champions last year searching for Light at Atlanta while the speeches were being given.

Seconded. After Finals 1 in Atlanta this year, 217 wheeled their robot directly in front of the media section on the floor to go through their pre-match checklist. During that time, it was awful dark on the floor, darker than I'd want to work on a robot with. Thunderchickens as they are, they overcame the constraint (and provided my group's project with great footage--got an A and everything!).

I can also confirm it to be the case at a few other regionals I've attended; Florida (2007 and prior; I missed it in 2008), Palmetto (in both venues), and Peachtree come to mind. Oh, and let's not forget the Thursday Night Blackout of Chesapeake 2007; that was an interesting time to be inspecting!

If you don't put backup lighting on your cart, put it somewhere.

[gorrilla]

also use pnuematic wheels if its not already been said

metal wheels are not good

[Gdeaver]

Our cart was donated by a sponsor many years ago. It's made out of Bosch extrusions similiar to 8020 stuff. It's in exellent shape after 7 years of use. Extrustions allow it to be reconfigured. Can't find any good pictures of it .

[IKE]

Here is 33 cart. Underneath is an emergency repair tool kit and a spare battery storage slot.

Not terribly flashy, but it works well.

[Racer26]

Anybody that was at GTR or Waterloo would have seen 1075's new cart for 2008. It was built on top of a scrap power wheelchair (the motors were good but the controls and plastic housing were all tore up). It runs on two huge deep cycle marine batteries and an IFI control system now, and has a forklift on the front (probably capable of lifting a standard pallet though we've never tried). Theres a picture of me on it on the forums here: http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/photos/31195

It has a boatload of safety features and there is likely more to be added this year before it goes to competition.

[AcesPease]

Originally Posted by IKE

Here is 33 cart. Underneath is an emergency repair tool kit and a spare battery storage slot.

Not terribly flashy, but it works well.

Simple is good. Pits are tight and the cart often has to get out of the way.

[synth3tk]

This thread just happened to have me searching for carts on CD-Media.

1626 - http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/photos/31271
842 - http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/photos/29656
375 - http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/photos/29115
34 - http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/photos/28248
578 - http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/photos/26745
1549 - http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/photos/24411
more - http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/search/results/141563

[RoboDriver]

Pic of 326 cart




Features:
Holds 2 Battery's in back tray's.
Holds 6 Battery's and 2 chargers on front tray.
Has 2 compressors from prior years robots.
Has ~3 gallon air tank.
Has 3 drawers for tools.
Holds 2 joysticks and the RC on the top tray.
Robot height can be adjusted up and down 1 foot.
At current height a full sized robot can fit through most doors while on cart.

[smcmahon]

What an awesome thread!

I've actually been drawing cart ideas for the past week. I want to get the team building something while we continue to prepare for the 2009 season. Since we didn't have a cart last year for our rookie year, I think it will be a great project to work on right now.

[Shamoo]

Would love to see any pictures you have. We're a new team at Riverdale High and need some good cart ideas. Thank you, Jay/ jay.gilbert@Intel.com or jaygilbert@yahoo.com

[jesse.elite]

So, I'm building (or should I say, planning for) a cart. What sorts of materials are durable and relatively cheap to use to build the cart?

[viperred396]

Originally Posted by jesse.elite

So, I'm building (or should I say, planning for) a cart. What sorts of materials are durable and relatively cheap to use to build the cart?

Holy Necro-post batman

if you read the thread it tells you everything that you are asking