pic: 2177's finished (almost) robot

[dmlawrence]

Originally Posted by eagle33199

...they hooked us up with a nice finger break...

We're looking for one of these... what model do you have? Do you recommend it? We did all our bending with a vise and a hammer this season.


-David

[Chris is me]

My team's spent a few days thinking about fiberglass poles bent backwards as hook delivery arms. Where did you guys get yours? What bend radius could you guys get before breaking them?

[Jon Stratis]

I'm not sure what model the finger break is, other than old Having a break made a lot of our work really easy, i would highly recommend getting one if you can. It just opens up a lot more possibilities for your team.

As for the fiberglass rods... I believe we ordered them from McMaster (http://www.mcmaster.com/#fiberglass-rods/=5ykz61). As for bend radius... we haven't broken one yet We have some wire mesh tubing that will be going around the rods in case they break - it'll catch and contain any small pieces that would otherwise go flying into the crowd. Needless to say, we'll be bringing a few spares along, just in case.

[Ian Curtis]

Originally Posted by Chris is me

My team's spent a few days thinking about fiberglass poles bent backwards as hook delivery arms. Where did you guys get yours? What bend radius could you guys get before breaking them?

Home Depot/Lowes carry orange ones (~3 ft length, I think) in snowy states.

[O'Sancheski]

i know teams that used those in the past... the one that comes to mind are the "UberBots" 1124... they used them in 20078 and they worked very well... just remember to have alot of spares because they break very easily

[Jon Stratis]

Originally Posted by O'Sancheski

i know teams that used those in the past... the one that comes to mind are the "UberBots" 1124... they used them in 20078 and they worked very well... just remember to have alot of spares because they break very easily

Just an update now that competition is over... We hung a rather large number of times during competition, and between all of that, we only broke 1 rod, and it was under rather exceptional circumstances (we got bumped and off center trying to hang, resulting in some extreme angles on a rod on one side). I would say this is a strong indication that, while they can break, they don't break easily if you properly design their range of motion