pic: 20's IRI Carnage

[brennonbrimhall]

Originally Posted by DampRobot

Wow, that's amassing!

What company's shifter did that dog come from?

I don't know if amazing was quite the right word, but we did amass quite the amount of shattered parts by Friday evening.

West Coast Products was kind enough to manufacture a modified version of their gearbox for us. We collaborated to find a solution that could replace the single speed gearboxes we had on for WPI, Hartford, and Archimedes, since our robot was not originally designed for a two-speed.

Even with the footage and the accounts from eyewitnesses, we still don't quite know what the root cause of the failure is, though we have a few theories. We hope that once we fully understand what exactly happened that we can give them some feedback on this gearbox design that they graciously made for us, and we implemented as an offseason project/experiment. If anything, this was an unfortunate accident, but we hope it becomes a valuable learning experience for us and others.

Thank you to all the teams who helped us throughout the day – there were many teams who lent us drill bits, a spare dog gear, and gear pullers. Your gracious professionalism and coopertition was absolutely inspiring.