pic: FRC Team 2175 - 2011 Robot

[Snalios]

Sorry, but those are some ugly welds! lol

[Aren Siekmeier]

Originally Posted by Snalios

Sorry, but those are some ugly welds! lol

Yeah, we had a parent learning how to weld over the course of the frame being assembled. We didn't really have time for a whole lot of practice, so he just dove right in. The first few were decent, but they kept getting better as he got more practice. And he's had so much fun with it that he's said he wouldn't mind quitting his day job...

The bumpers go on a biiiit crooked, but it's nothing the Fighting Calculators haven't dealt with before...

[team 3311]

What kind of welder tig or mig

Also for welding practis just buy some 1/4 in alumminim plate and just run lots of flat beads best way to practes

[orisenak]

You guys want to checkout a good minibot>??
Our minibot climbs in 2.6 seconds with deployment!!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVMd8sCR7gA

hope you enjoy

-Stuart Kaneshiro
(team 1056)

[Vikesrock]

Here's an unveiling video with footage of the robot at the pre-ship scrimmage:

http://vimeo.com/20261886

4 CIMs on the forward facing Omnis
2 775s on the strafe wheel
FP powered lift that can go floor to top peg in ~2.5 seconds
Pneumatic pinching gripper
-Gripper rotates tubes 90 degrees for transport and storing

I don't actually know anything about the minibot deployer or minibot other than that they do exist and are currently being iterated/improved.

[Aren Siekmeier]

Now that the season's over, I've posted a 3D pdf of the CAD model at http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/papers/2556. A STEP and a native Solidworks assembly are coming soon, pending cooperation of CD-Media's upload function.