Archimedes 2009

[Madison]

Originally Posted by Greg Peshek

488 - Looks good, accurate ball dumps, don't have a lot of info on them

What would you like to know?

Obviously, we're very happy with how our robot's performed so far this season and are looking forward to unleashing it on the world.

-We collect rapidly from the ground; it'll grab a group of six+ balls in two or three seconds, typically.
-Hopper holds 18 balls comfortably, more if we human load on top of what we've collected from the floor. We can also store balls in our conveyor if necessary.
-We can unload our entire hopper's contents in a bit less than 2 seconds and are 95%+ accurate. We don't sweat dropping one ball when we're carrying 16.
-We have 8 unique autonomous programs that run from any starting position. Some hit very hard.
-We have traction control on demand. I'm confident saying we had the fastest robot in both Portland and Seattle.

Our data shows we averaged 12.5 balls scored/match by our robot in Seattle over seven matches. In one match, we scored no balls because we got greedy and ran out of time after collecting 20+. We did not collect data for any of the elimination rounds, but were undefeated throughout at Seattle. Our +/- was about 16.

Here's a picture: http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/photos/33668

Let me know if there's anything more you'd like to know.