pic: Anonymous Teaser #2

[Brandon Martus]

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[spc295]

so they must be human player fed, and it looks like the dump with pnuematics at least i think that is what is going on.

[thefro526]

Looks nice, I can't tell if that's a hand crank on the side though....

[sdcantrell56]

could it possibly be rage? The sheet metal work looks similar

[MikeDubreuil]

Thanks Brandon, posting anonymous teasers is great! All the things we can think about... east coast, west coast, international? Rookie or X year veteran? Team number?

This looks like a veteran team. The electronics are done wonderfully- they even have a RSL mounted! That huge cylinder will need multiple air tanks. The basket is very nicely done.

Great job team!

[sdcantrell56]

Also notice the copious amounts of what appears to be high quality (baltic birch) plywood.

[Seat Ninja]

You better pray that tipping does not exceed the max dimensions. Otherwise, a very cool execution of the standard dumpbot.

[Matt C]

Originally Posted by sdcantrell56

could it possibly be rage? The sheet metal work looks similar

I don't know, I can't remember Rage having anything but a red plywood chassis.

Is that a 4-bar setup that moves the bin back before tilting it forward? (linkage being what the ball is partially covering?)
Looks like 1/8" aluminum plate?? How heavy is it?

[sdcantrell56]

I don't think they have ever not had a plywood chassis either but who knows. Either way, there is some nice sheet metal work on this bot. I will be interested to see how effective this strategy is.

[Nuttyman54]

It's official, this is RAGE as seen on the Suffield Shakedown webcast. Didn't get to see it score though, so no idea how it works yet. They managed to amass a good number of balls in that hopper.

[sdcantrell56]

I'm a little scared that I knew it was Rage so quickly. HAHA. Perhaps I'm too involved...

Now the question is why didn't they use wood? It seems like a perfect year for it.

[Peter Matteson]

Originally Posted by sdcantrell56

Now the question is why didn't they use wood? It seems like a perfect year for it.

I asked Jeff about that at Suffield Shakedown, he said don't worry the real one is wood and may have some other surprises as well that this version pictured here doesn't...