pic/vid: Team 1114 - Simbot Panthro

[henryBsick]

Pretty nasty machine.



I hope that silly turret thing pans out for you.

[artdutra04]

Great robot, 1114; I love the sheet metal work.

I can't want to see your robot compete this year, as that pin-and-fire routine looks deadly.


// Now onto a side note:

I find it funny that when most people see videos of 148 or 254 or 1114 or 217, they get scared or begin doubting their own design decisions. When I see videos like this, I see a challenge. It's like someone egging me on. As a result, it really helps me come up with better (although minor) design revisions. I'd really like to thank these teams for their inspiration!

[Elgin Clock]

Originally Posted by artdutra04

// Now onto a side note:
I find it funny that when most people see videos of 148 or 254 or 1114 or 217, they get scared or begin doubting their own design decisions.

6 weeks of dedication & hard work culminated on your own robot & thrown out by seeing one simple picture or video??
That's ridiculous.
I totally agree with you Art.
No instance of seeing one picture or a 5 minute video of someone else's bot is worth throwing in the towel & giving up on the whole season.


Of course, the opposite is true as well.
I'm sure some teams have seen (for argument's sake, we'll use your same team number examples here) 148 or 254 or 1114 or 217 & saw that their own team has designed something very similar & they believe that they have a foolproof design because of that.

Not so fast kiddies. Just because the defending world champions or other legendary & "proven" teams have the same mechanism you have on your robot, does not mean you, or even they will be the world champions this year.

It's a whole new game every year, & this one is no exception.

There are no guarantees who will do good & who will do not-so good until the rubber meets the road, or, more appropriately, the rover wheels hit the regolith in exactly one week from today!

[JVN]

Originally Posted by Elgin Clock

There are no guarantees who will do good & who will do not-so good until the rubber meets the road, or, more appropriately, the rover wheels hit the regolith in exactly one week from today!

True... but if Vegas had a board up I'd put some money on 1114.
A non-guarantee can still have good odds.

[Jonathan Norris]

Originally Posted by artdutra04

I find it funny that when most people see videos of 148 or 254 or 1114 or 217, they get scared or begin doubting their own design decisions. When I see videos like this, I see a challenge. It's like someone egging me on. As a result, it really helps me come up with better (although minor) design revisions. I'd really like to thank these teams for their inspiration!

Totally with you there Art, I got the chance to see initial rendition of this bot a couple weeks ago and I had the exact same reaction. It challenged me to work harder on our bot to make it more effective. I am still thinking of how we can make our bot better, the robot is never 'done' there is always something that can be done to improve it.

[Woody1458]

Could someone please explain to me the purpose of the window motor on the turret?

[Alex Cormier]

Originally Posted by Woody1458

Could someone please explain to me the purpose of the window motor on the turret?

Looks like it is a deflector. With the deflector in one position, the balls will be forced downward (possibly to hit a trailer at point blank) and in the opposite side the deflector will allow the balls to go further down the field. I am in the process of figuring out how to implement this onto our robot.

[A_Reed]

Originally Posted by Woody1458

Could someone please explain to me the purpose of the window motor on the turret?

I'm gonna throw one out here and say it changes the pitch of the deflector screen wrapped around the back of the ball.

[Karthik]

Originally Posted by Jonathan Norris

Totally with you there Art, I got the chance to see initial rendition of this bot a couple weeks ago and I had the exact same reaction. It challenged me to work harder on our bot to make it more effective. I am still thinking of how we can make our bot better, the robot is never 'done' there is always something that can be done to improve it.

We're on the same page as you guys. Seeing the amazing things that teams have being doing this year with ball transportation and traction control has inspired us to raise our personal bar that much more. For example, I know that seeing and hearing about 2809's awesome traction control system made our programmers focus that much more. This is co-opertition at it's best, teams learning from each other and constantly trying to raise their performance to a higher standard.

And as JNo said, the robot is never done. It's all about continuous reevaluation and improvement.

[nahstobor]

Sheet metal frames for the win. 612 just switched over to using a sheet metal frame on our drive train and after seeing how much it weighed, we aren't going back. Now we just need to implement it throughout the robot for next year.

Looks good 1114! Looking forward to seeing this robot in Atlanta.