More prototyping from 2791

[yodameister]

The elevator in action
The intake in action

Sorry about the sideways.

[NorviewsVeteran]

I assume the drill isn't going to be duct taped to the final robot, which motor are you planning on using for the intake?

[RyanB]

That elevator is surprisingly fast are you going to use a similar system to shoot them (if you plan on shooting them), because it looked like those flew far enough to make it effective.... Very Effective.

[MrForbes]

Looks good Tom! We got some action out of our beast tonight too...film at 11....

[yodameister]

CIM for the elevator, FP for the intake

[jamie_1930]

You know every year there are several incarnations of mechanisms and designs on numerous robots and this year I've seen at least five other teams with a similiar conveyer belt design with strips of materials like wedgetop and poly cord in segments. Originally I thought this was an innovative design on our part, but I'm probably wrong on this. I suggest espionage is a foot in FIRST.

[Andrew Bates]

Originally Posted by jamie_1930

I suggest espionage is a foot in FIRST.

Why do you say that? When you get a lot of people together who are all very smart and intelligent you will often end up with a lot of very similar designs. As the saying goes, "Great minds think alike".

[JesseK]

Haha, I didn't know feet could be used as a metaphor for spying. At the same time, many teams have posted their designs online, either on CD, youtube, or their team websites. You usually don't do that if you're so intent on keeping everything secret.

We used rubber hoses for 'fingers' on our intake on the Monday after kickoff; pneumatic tubing works just as well but we've found varying advantages/disadvantages to using either. But I do like that elevator, it seems that it would be better to use it as a shooter though .