pic: Team 254 Teaser #3

[waialua359]

Hey Cory,
Can you update the pic without the blue shirt?


Thanks,
Glenn

At first glance, I thought I saw a tall shooter robot right above the person with the ThunderChicken's shirt on.

[R.C.]

Something just seems wrong in that pic, just wrong. I can't put my finder on it. Nice Job Poofs, see ya at nationals.

[=Martin=Taylor=]

Originally Posted by waialua359

who cares about the teaser? LOOK AT THAT FIELD!!

What, you mean the field that isn't covered in Regolith?

Better be some regolith come next Saturday...

[JVN]

Hey Cory,
I lost count, how many sides does that piece you're holding have?

JV

[thefro526]

I miss your custom wheels.... Make Hub Caps!!

[NickE]

Originally Posted by Travis Hoffman

It also seems that Ron Weasley in the ThunderChickens shirt is doing a spot-on impersonation of "the usual" Paul Copioli facial expression.

That would be me... My hair isn't usually orange

Originally Posted by Hippo7990

is there any reason behind the hanging of the robot lol??

That would be our 2001 robot. We plan to put more on the walls, as it provides a good display area while staying out of the way.

Originally Posted by Michael Corsetto

a wide bot, never thought I would see the day the Poofs made one of those...

neither did i

Originally Posted by Hachiban VIII

What, you mean the field that isn't covered in Regolith?

Better be some regolith come next Saturday...

It's sitting in the corner waiting to be sheared to allow the correct border around the outposts and fueling stations.

Originally Posted by JVN

Hey Cory,
I lost count, how many sides does that piece you're holding have?

JV

It sure looks like 9...

[SU 39]

When I first read the rules I was dissapointed to find out that we would no longer get to see the new things 254 did to their wheels. Looking forward to hearing about your robot from team members who show up at your scrimmage.


"Team 846 needs a pair of 54 wheels, preferrably in the chrome model...again that's 2 54 wheels for 846."

[KF987]

I never thought I would see 254 with a "wide" robot

How about taking that t-shirt off the bot?

See you guys in San Jose!

-Keaton

[GaryVoshol]

Originally Posted by Travis Hoffman

It also seems that Ron Weasley in the ThunderChickens shirt is doing a spot-on impersonation of "the usual" Paul Copioli facial expression.

Travis, you have to wait until Billfred posts it before going for the burn award.

[Lil' Lavery]

Poor Holmz.

[Collin Fultz]

Ahhh...to be able to wear shorts during build season...that'd be the life...

[ejSabathia]

Originally Posted by KF987

I never thought I would see 254 with a "wide" robot

How about taking that t-shirt off the bot?

See you guys in San Jose!

-Keaton

I'm not exactly sure removing the t-shirt would tell you anymore about "our" robot.

[lukevanoort]

Hmm... I'm going to take a wild stab at guessing what's going on here. I see a touch of a mechanism at the top, and a massive hopper with collector at the bottom; however I don't see any belts in between them. (I guess one could be hidden by the guy at the front, but it'd be a pretty small conveyor) So here is my shot in the dark: the robot human and ground loads (based on the position of the t-shirt it looks like an open top) to fill up a huge hopper for a power dumper. The floor of the hopper is actuated upwards to bring the balls into contact a roller at the top that spits out balls until the hopper is empty. I'll guess capacity at 40-50 balls and dumping speed at 8balls/sec. Am I close?

[Grant Cox]

Wait what.. you guys have a 217 shirt but I don't have a 254 shirt.. something is wrong here.

Judging by the two clamps, I'm willing to bet that the Poof scoring mechanism/internal belts aren't even mounted yet. A lifting hopper seems like too many moving parts, with too much possibility for failure. The poofs don't work that way.

My bet is that we'll see some internal belts and roller going up to a MASSIVE spitting device. I bet we're going to see a more refined version of the 2006 bot, that could unleash DOOM onto an open goal.