pic: 233 Pink Roccobot 2k9

[1086VEX]

how far does your turret rotate, and how many balls can it hold?
Looks like another amazing bot from 233!! hope to see you in Atlanta!
oh...are the bumpers at least pink?

[Kyle]

But its not pink.. How can it be from team Pink if its not Pink? I'm scared...

[R.C.]

Man Pink, congrats on another smexy bots. That looks like a ton of sheets and hours beyond hours of CAD. Did you guys use Pro.E or Solidworks this year. Can't wait to see your bot upclose and did you guys end up powdercoating your bot Blue or Black (I have a pic of you guys blue one year?)

[KF987]

Sweet looking bot! Good luck in Florida.

[Nica F.]

First thing I thought of when I saw the picture (besides the lack of pink of course )was how complex the design was but nonetheless how unique and impressive it is. I'd ask questions but I've decided to put them off until I get to see it in person. That robot is probably the robot I am most excited to see close up.

I think it's great that your mentor made a Lamassu connection; its such a great comparison. Can't wait to see it this weekend in action, the best of luck!

[coldfusion1279]

My first thought was:

Wow, my mother would have nightmares about dusting that thing...

My second thought was:

I bet it will come out of the crate pink... The crate works under the same principle as a spray tanning shower.

Third:

Looks well thought out and masterfully built... our team was just talking about 6WD with lowered center wheels... That is our normal drive train but this year we didn't even try it out.. I think it may have been foolish on our part. Let us know how it runs.

[Cory]

Originally Posted by Kyle

But its not pink.. How can it be from team Pink if its not Pink? I'm scared...

They're hiding the blue one

[ATannahill]

Can't wait to compete you you guys in Florida, but first A. you should color it like the CAD B. you should have turned the turret in the CAD picture to represent the head. But really, I would like to know your top speed, amount of balls you can hold, and how fast can you shoot out the balls (balls/minute).

[Alex Cormier]

I would be a little careful with the front motor being in close proximity of the crio. Team 2228 had some field problems with a motor being located near the crio last weekend.

[Dillon Carey]

you guys might have to reinforce the front of your bot above the suck up roller.
we had to triple stack eight inch angle on each side of our robot after coming back from a match and they were both bent in a solid 1/2 an inch

[Brandon Holley]

Pink you continue to astonish YEAR after YEAR.

This looks like a serious piece of engineering. I can't wait to check this thing out in Atlanta. Kudos again on what looks to be another great robot.

Any videos???

Brando

[IBdrummer]

Originally Posted by Snapalope

you guys might have to reinforce the front of your bot above the suck up roller.
we had to triple stack eight inch angle on each side of our robot after coming back from a match and they were both bent in a solid 1/2 an inch

We have a steel tube above it for structural suport

[gorrilla]

any video?


cant wait until tomorrow

[ducttapedude]

Originally Posted by sdcantrell56

If any team can pull off a shooter without an adjustable hood it will be you guys. I hope it works for you. How many balls per second can you guys shoot and do you have the tracking working well?

Also just curious...how much sheet aluminum do you guys go through?

We use a lot of sheet metal and box tubing, but we focus a lot on using as much scrap as possible, that means jetting out every little plate on left overs as often as possible, and using scraps that are up to 6 years old.

Originally Posted by hillale

Just curious, but why did you abandon the human loaded hopper? Orbit balls getting jammed going into the shooter feed?

Originally Posted by 1086VEX

how far does your turret rotate, and how many balls can it hold?
Looks like another amazing bot from 233!! hope to see you in Atlanta!
oh...are the bumpers at least pink?

Those two questions are connected.
The reason we have modified our original design is so that we can actually shoot almost directly behind us. The hopper originally limited us to aprox 180 degrees, we should have aprox 270 degrees after this modification.

We will still have a hopper, just not as dominating of one.

[ShaneP]

The first thing that came to my mind was the same feeling I get when looking at all the different supports and structure of a wooden roller coaster. This is an impressive looking robot, and I hope I can get the chance to see it in person. Good work 233!