pic: 233 Pink Roccobot 2k9

[thefro526]

That's a Nice Robot but the Pro-E Model is even nicer.

I showed that Model to my mentor at work and he was amazed that you were able to make something that nice in 2 weeks. How many people worked on it? I'm assuming that it was a group of people because that would be almost impossible to do with one person. (Then again, you are the PINK team.)

Back to the robot though, that is by far one of the most beautiful robot's I've ever seen. I'd love to see it function, something tells me I'd be very fun to watch the balls snake through that delivery system.

[amariealbrecht]

From another team that is clearly a fan of pink....thats very cool and I love the design. Good luck to you all in the rest of the season!

[IBdrummer]

Originally Posted by Snapalope

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

We have a steel tube above it for structural suport

[gorrilla]

any video?


cant wait until tomorrow

[ducttapedude]

Originally Posted by sdcantrell56

If any team can pull off a shooter without an adjustable hood it will be you guys. I hope it works for you. How many balls per second can you guys shoot and do you have the tracking working well?

Also just curious...how much sheet aluminum do you guys go through?

We use a lot of sheet metal and box tubing, but we focus a lot on using as much scrap as possible, that means jetting out every little plate on left overs as often as possible, and using scraps that are up to 6 years old.

Originally Posted by hillale

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

Originally Posted by 1086VEX

how far does your turret rotate, and how many balls can it hold?
Looks like another amazing bot from 233!! hope to see you in Atlanta!
oh...are the bumpers at least pink?

Those two questions are connected.
The reason we have modified our original design is so that we can actually shoot almost directly behind us. The hopper originally limited us to aprox 180 degrees, we should have aprox 270 degrees after this modification.

We will still have a hopper, just not as dominating of one.

[ShaneP]

The first thing that came to my mind was the same feeling I get when looking at all the different supports and structure of a wooden roller coaster. This is an impressive looking robot, and I hope I can get the chance to see it in person. Good work 233!

[robostangs548]

I can just imagine carrying those 50lb bags of abrasive back and forth to fill up the abrasive container for the jet. I wish that I had the time to pull that one off, especially because it looks almost as if the sides are solid cut from a 4x8.... Amazing.... Did the students on your team just not go to school? Sorry, but I really am sitting here at my computer yelling “HOW?” I can just remember the hundreds of hours sitting at the jet watching it blow water and sand in my face and pulling pieces out so it didn’t destroy its own tip. Great job guys, I don’t know how these kids pull this off every year, but major props to all of you… I worked extremely hard with my team all season every second i had, and still could not create something of this magnitude. I am a senior now, and I still look back to this season and wonder where I could have had more time… This truly is an amazing work of art. Good luck at competitions.

[gorrilla]

so why was it in pieces today?

[Jeff 801]

Originally Posted by gorrilla

so why was it in pieces today?

I was talking to them and they said it was because they kept about 38 lb of parts at their shop and brought them with them today because they built close to 2 robots but some of the parts were just too complex and time consuming to make 2 so today they had to put it back together.

[POWSpyder]

There's a lot going on in there! I take it you guys are going to be using the camera? Very cool design non the less. How you do well.