Image Discuss: 810 - Minotaur: Coming to a regional near you.

[EvilInside]

In reply to the outrageous comments made about team 810, I feel that I need too add. 810 has done an extremely good job at doing what they think the Spirit of FIRST is. M. Krass has made many statements about her standpoint on the Spirit of FIRST, and what 810 has done embodies those ideals. They have students learning, not just building a robot. Now, granted, they look to have the luck of a very supportive community and possibly large funds (Or even better support) but that isn't a fault. They should be congratulated for utilizing the money they have in such a productive manner. As for engineer built, the CNCing is not a complicated task. I'd be willing to wager that at least 3 people on that team, if given materials and a CNC, could have done what the mill shops did. I know we got lucky and 4 weeks into the competition a student joined that can mill just as good as anyone (and I mean anyone). Now, due to laziness on the funds team, we had extremely limited funding, but we don't mind. As for "engineer takeover" I've experienced the exact opposite: We had one of our two engineers and one of our three teachers not participate this year. Our single engineer welded, one teacher helped on electrical & programming, and one helped machine. The majority of the robot was designed by the students with some input from my dad, (who by the way doesn't have a degree in any form of engineering). Now, show me some pictures of your robot, and I can begin tearing you apart piece by piece if you really want, because an attitude like that deserves it.

[Madison]

Originally posted by RogerR
Beutiful robot, of course. I'm curious as too what motors you guys used in the drive train and how fast the 'bot goes. Also did you reverse one of the drill motors so as to get an equal amount of power out of them?

This season, our drivetrain is very, very simple; at least, by our standards.

If you're familiar with our drivetrain from last season, you'll understand that we focused exclusively on building a powerful, versatile design that brought us great success.

This season, we opted to focus on other parts of the robot, and we simplified the drivetrain slightly.

We're using the Bosch motors, mounted in the provided mounts. Their transmissions are locked in high gear. The output of the provided transmissions pass through a shift-on-the-fly transmission based heavily on the White Paper provided by Dave Lavery and Team 116 for a two motor, shifting transmission.

We decided tp use a single motor per side to save weight and because our strategy called for maneuverability over power.

Our top speed, after a 1:3 reduction from the motor's output shaft (1:1 in the transmission, then 1:3 with chain and sprockets) is approximately 8 ft/s. Our low speed, after a 1:9 reduction (1:3 in the transmission and 1:3 with chain and sprockets) is approximately 3 ft/s.

We didn't reverse the drill motors and we have corrected for offset in power with programming. Admittedly, however, we were very surprised to see just how noticeable the difference is.

[AllenH]

Team 810

I hope to see you guys at one of our regionals and spend some time talkin to you. We are attending the Great Lakes and the midwest (along with nationals). My question for you is...what is the weight of the robot, and will you still be under weight with your numbers and covers and stuff. Thanks.

Allen