pic: 233 Pink Roccobot 2k9

[R.C.]

Man Pink, congrats on another smexy bots. That looks like a ton of sheets and hours beyond hours of CAD. Did you guys use Pro.E or Solidworks this year. Can't wait to see your bot upclose and did you guys end up powdercoating your bot Blue or Black (I have a pic of you guys blue one year?)

[KF987]

Sweet looking bot! Good luck in Florida.

[Nica F.]

First thing I thought of when I saw the picture (besides the lack of pink of course )was how complex the design was but nonetheless how unique and impressive it is. I'd ask questions but I've decided to put them off until I get to see it in person. That robot is probably the robot I am most excited to see close up.

I think it's great that your mentor made a Lamassu connection; its such a great comparison. Can't wait to see it this weekend in action, the best of luck!

[coldfusion1279]

My first thought was:

Wow, my mother would have nightmares about dusting that thing...

My second thought was:

I bet it will come out of the crate pink... The crate works under the same principle as a spray tanning shower.

Third:

Looks well thought out and masterfully built... our team was just talking about 6WD with lowered center wheels... That is our normal drive train but this year we didn't even try it out.. I think it may have been foolish on our part. Let us know how it runs.

[Cory]

Originally Posted by Kyle

But its not pink.. How can it be from team Pink if its not Pink? I'm scared...

They're hiding the blue one

[ATannahill]

Can't wait to compete you you guys in Florida, but first A. you should color it like the CAD B. you should have turned the turret in the CAD picture to represent the head. But really, I would like to know your top speed, amount of balls you can hold, and how fast can you shoot out the balls (balls/minute).

[Alex Cormier]

I would be a little careful with the front motor being in close proximity of the crio. Team 2228 had some field problems with a motor being located near the crio last weekend.

[Dillon Carey]

you guys might have to reinforce the front of your bot above the suck up roller.
we had to triple stack eight inch angle on each side of our robot after coming back from a match and they were both bent in a solid 1/2 an inch

[Brandon Holley]

Pink you continue to astonish YEAR after YEAR.

This looks like a serious piece of engineering. I can't wait to check this thing out in Atlanta. Kudos again on what looks to be another great robot.

Any videos???

Brando

[Gabe Salas Jr.]

Originally Posted by hillale

Just curious, but why did you abandon the human loaded hopper? Orbit balls getting jammed going into the shooter feed?

...I plead the 5th.

Originally Posted by 1086VEX

how far does your turret rotate, and how many balls can it hold?

I believe the turret rotates to about 233 degrees (oh okay close to it... don't remember specifically). We carry roughly 14 cells.

Originally Posted by rc_cola1323

Did you guys use Pro.E or Solidworks this year. Can't wait to see your bot upclose and did you guys end up powdercoating your bot Blue or Black (I have a pic of you guys blue one year?)

Pro.E
You are probably thinking about Roccobot 2k or 2k2. No powdercoating this year. We left it gray and angry.

Originally Posted by rtfgnow

But really, I would like to know your top speed, amount of balls you can hold, and how fast can you shoot out the balls (balls/minute).

I would like to answer these questions (look up for amount of cells we carry) but we have some serious work to do on Thursday in hopes of improving our numbers to a more acceptable level. So sorry, won't give exacts. Ask again after Thursday.
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Thanks Alex and Dillion, we will keep that in mind on Thursday. Video of us powering Roccobot 2k9 for the first time.

[Enigma's puzzle]

Holy Cheesehole batman

[Dan Petrovic]

At least the bumpers will be pink...right? *sob*

These robots are always impressive when you think of how much CAD work goes into them. This team is blessed with machine shops that can keep up with the drawings that are being fed to them.

233 may have themselves a third Einstein appearance in a row.

[typharn91]

This thing looks amazing I can't wait to sneek a peak of it on Thursday kinda sad about the lack of pink on it I really wanna see how you guys did you wiring this year

[Jeff 801]

Originally Posted by hillale

Just curious, but why did you abandon the human loaded hopper?

If you look close you can see a part sticking up that looks as though it is going to be used for a hopper still. I am guessing it will show up when it is taken out of the crate at FL

you can see it on these images
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/img...b9facd21_l.jpg

and

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/img...c0135e94_l.jpg

[Gabe Salas Jr.]

Originally Posted by InfernoX14

At least the bumpers will be pink...right? *sob*

There is one part of the robot that is actually PINK.

Originally Posted by typharn91

This thing looks amazing I can't wait to sneek a peak of it on Thursday kinda sad about the lack of pink on it I really wanna see how you guys did you wiring this year

You can see most of the ground work here. Posted this since it will be very difficult to check out with everything else on top.