pic: 2011 practice bot

[rocknthehawk]

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A little love from team 126!

first test drive with temp electronics:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEkAtxyjksc

[Tom Line]

I am curious what dewalt drills you used - dewalt seems to be out of stock of the standard ones till mid-march or later.

[rocknthehawk]

Originally Posted by Tom Line

I am curious what dewalt drills you used - dewalt seems to be out of stock of the standard ones till mid-march or later.

My understanding was somewhere local had them available, but these were ordered in week 1 or 2. I'm not sure what the options are, they're 3 speed dewalts.

[ratdude747]

crazy kicker/nona drive? not bad.

guy from less-veteran team n00b question: how do you shift those dewalts? manually between matches?

[WileyB-J]

something tells me the two omni wheels on the front of the bot have a lot to do with the third CIM

[KleinKid]

Has other wheels than those 4 visible? I'm guessing that there are at least two running perpendicular to the first 6 ran by the third CIM. Are you worried about being pushed around at contest seeing that your only going to have a maximum of two cims driving your robot? I know my team is planning on getting all 4 on the main drive train with the cimple boxes. ( Which are loud but i think they need more greasing)


I am truly jealous of your practice field. I've been working on my teams 1/4 version for two days now and still have another day of work to finish it up.

[rocknthehawk]

Originally Posted by ratdude747

crazy kicker/nona drive? not bad.

guy from less-veteran team n00b question: how do you shift those dewalts? manually between matches?

Not sure of the terms you used, but we've been calling it a "lateral drive".
Dewalts can be shifted with servos, or pnuematics.

Originally Posted by KleinKid

Has other wheels than those 4 visible? I'm guessing that there are at least two running perpendicular to the first 6 ran by the third CIM. Are you worried about being pushed around at contest seeing that your only going to have a maximum of two cims driving your robot? I know my team is planning on getting all 4 on the main drive train with the cimple boxes. ( Which are loud but i think they need more greasing)


I am truly jealous of your practice field. I've been working on my teams 1/4 version for two days now and still have another day of work to finish it up.

Not concerned about being pushed around too much. The dewalts in 2nd gear are a pretty even match with this year's KOP gearboxes. The 2 motor drivetrain in 2nd lacks pushing power, but ideally we'll be quick enough to avoid the situation. In first gear, pushing back shouldn't be an issue.

Here's a video of our early prototype:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mu5OeR3HkW8

and a better view:




We're very fortunate our sponsor, Nypro, provides the room for a near-competition size field.