Scariest Robot

[bobbysq]

- 4646 2014 offseason. Lost control at the 2014 Des Moines Maker Faire and ran into a row of chairs. (blame the several year old battlebot control system we used)
- 3928 2014. Lost control at the 2015 Des Moines Maker Faire and ran into a row of chairs.
- 4646 2016. Ran into a chair at the DMACC STEM festival after crossing a moat.

The robot uprising is coming for your chairs first, people.

[runneals]

Originally Posted by bobbysq

- 4646 2014 offseason. Lost control at the 2014 Des Moines Maker Faire and ran into a row of chairs. (blame the several year old battlebot control system we used)
- 3928 2014. Lost control at the 2015 Des Moines Maker Faire and ran into a row of chairs.
- 4646 2016. Ran into a chair at the DMACC STEM festival after crossing a moat.

The robot uprising is coming for your chairs first, people.

Hey, that was with the crummy old access points I'm just happy it was at the end of the day and that we didn't take out anyone. Just imagine...

[Ringo5tarr]

Now, I've heard horror stories about our 2013 robot, taking off a fair bit of someone's finger (That robot's name is Charlie, for anyone who cares enough to get a 5 year old meme),

But I wasn't there for that, I was there for our 2015 robot, Anna (I think), to break the finger of our lead mentor in the middle of GKC,

We won the safety award. hooray.

[Al Skierkiewicz]

This is the business end of the 900/1114 shooter. Think about our decisions based on the potential energy and/or failure to shoot during the match. May not be the scariest but is certainly very near the top of my list.

[marshall]

I love this thread. I'm learning new things.

Our 2014 robot was putting about 300lbs-400lbs of force into launching the ball the 50ft or so to the human player. As a mentor, it was scary if it ever got stuck in the down position under full load. We had a clamp with red tape on it that we could quickly apply to keep it secured.

[Richard Wallace]

Originally Posted by Al Skierkiewicz

This is the business end of the 900/1114 shooter. Think about our decisions based on the potential energy and/or failure to shoot during the match. May not be the scariest but is certainly very near the top of my list.

That is scary. Highly suggestive of this.

[c.shu]

Two words. (Or numbers)

469. 2010.

[Jalerre]

I was pretty scared of our (4965) 2014 robot. It had a spring + pnematic powered catapult and that thing was powerful. You did not want to be anywhere near it when it fired. When we were at the Palmetto Regional, someone had unfastened the arm that held the ball from the catapult so it could be worked on. Somehow the catapult got accidentally triggered and sent the arm into one of my mentor's faces. Good thing he was wearing safety glasses.