pic: 2877's 2016 Robot

[AllenGregoryIV]

Originally Posted by Mammaloon

Some of the poly-cord may have been fused in the making of the 2012 robot, but we simply nested the ends within each other and ran over it with a heat gun.

I'm confused are you saying you used parts made for your 2012 robot or am I reading that wrong. As an LRI I'm hoping I'm reading that wrong.

[cadandcookies]

Originally Posted by AllenGregoryIV

I'm confused are you saying you used parts made for your 2012 robot or am I reading that wrong. As an LRI I'm hoping I'm reading that wrong.

Are you saying cutting and re-welding polycord that was used on an old robot is illegal? Wouldn't used polycord (if you cut out the previously welded part) be almost indistinguishable from new polycord?

[Maxwellfire]

The Polychord is not the same chord as what was on our 2012 robot (it's a much smaller diameter in fact). We merely took inspiration from our 2012 intake. I think Mammaloon is a little confused .

despite that, I didn't think that it was illegal to reuse material from another robot, especially if its dimensions/length was changed.

To bond the polychord we made a wooden jig and then used a lighter held underneath to heat the chord until it became liquidy. It took a lot of bad joins to come up with a method that actually worked (if anyone is interested I'll share the specifics)

Awesome use of servos.

Thanks! We hope to be able to use them to angle our shot consistently. (maybe even some left to right aiming if the programmer are up to it ) We currently have new servos on order since the 12 dollar no name ones we were using kept dying... We went with a hitec hs85mg.

[AllenGregoryIV]

Originally Posted by cadandcookies

Are you saying cutting and re-welding polycord that was used on an old robot is illegal? Wouldn't used polycord (if you cut out the previously welded part) be almost indistinguishable from new polycord?

If they used the fused portions from the 2012 robot then yes it would be illegal. The previous comment said that the cord was fused for their 2012 robot, those connections would be illegal.

[trumpthero786]

nice beaver tail