pic: FRC488 - Xbot 2009 - IX

[dtengineering]

Thanks for sharing the comments on the "decided to redesign". For a while I was thinking that we were behind schedule on build, seeing as how we have a frame, 1.5 "drive modules", a control board awaiting wiring and a vague untested idea of how we are going to move balls around as of Feb.4.... however I can take solace in the fact that we "decided to redesign" our scoring mechanism two weeks ago when we realized that our beautiful pan/tilt shooter that we initially planned was going to go beyond what this year's team is capable of producing.

Fortunately we've been following a fairly "modular" design process this year, so the scoring mechanism is essentially a "bolt on" to the rest of the robot and... if need be, could be part of the 40 pounds of parts we bring to Seattle with us.... but it would be really nice to have everything together for testing at some point before March 26th!

Good luck with the rebuild, you aren't the only ones iterating!

Jason

[Michael Corsetto]

Looks strikingly similar to our design this year, I think we will soon discover this type of robot to be one of the "staples" at every competition. Are you using toughboxes or customs for the drivetrain? I hope the next two weeks goes smoothly for you, post some pictures of the finished work please!