1458 Done Friday, Broken Saturday, Done Sunday

[Andy L]

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EDIT: Made a link, the actual picture is too big

This is 1458's robot, currently un-named. We finished except programming Friday night, and crated to go to 692's practice competition on Saturday morning. We had a good few matches, our turret not programmed so we had to aim it by eye and not camera. Our 5th or so match we got a hard full speed hit directly on our side and our side plates, acrylic due to money issues, sheared at their mounting points.

We decided to stop cheaping out on important pieces, drove straight to the nearest plastic seller and bought two pieces of 1/4in lexan. We routed out two new side panels, and got them mounted that night. This morning it's all back together and good again. The fun of the end of build season, and the lessons we learn from practice days, I'm just glad this didn't happen at real competition.

Description of our bot:
Drive-two toughboxes one CIM each, traction control is being implemented hopefully. The back two wheels drive, the front two don't, they're more of just a wheelie bar

Pickup- Ground pickup, and a fairly large hopper. Surgical tubing bands, along with rough top traction material. We have two band systems, one in the front on a toughbox with a stage removed and a window motor on the back geared towards speed.(second picture in the row of pictures shows this) The ball's route is changed based on the direction of the back roller.

Shooter-belt driven on a CIM with a 3:1 ratio. 4-6 foot range, rotates 180 degrees on a window motor and it's direction and speed of the shooter is all controlled by the camera.

Any questions, comments, or concerns are welcome