pic: Pele' le Pew - Skunkworks Robotics - Team 1983 - Breakaway 2010

[Bob Steele]

Thank you all for your comments. Team 1983 is inspired by your teams too.

We have a single kicker... (visible in the picture) It does have a 2 wheel ball magnet which is not visible under the bumper. The kicker is variable in kicking power... at present we have 3 distances which will need to be "tuned" in.
The ball magnet also has a ball sensor that can tell us when a ball is near..we hope to find that useful in autonomous..but of course we are still working on that. The mechanical team didn't give the programmers quite enough time to get that tuned in....but then again... what programmer EVER has enough time to tune everything in completely.... :0)

The lifter will lift our robot... we plan on hanging by moving up the bump and moving sideways into the tower.... then a simple double hook will lift us ...we have the gear box and shaft already on the bot... we are just working out the details of the two lift arm/hooks... This hook might also be able to lift us onto another robot as long as the bar we would lift from is the right height.

We plan on playing offense until very late....then moving to the tower in the last 10 seconds for a quick 2 points..

By the way... these bumpers are using the method I found here on CD... I wish I knew the originator... they simply fold one way for red and the other for blue...

thanks for the compliments... we look forward to being on the field with you guys!!! Portland, Seattle and Atlanta!!!

Go Pac North West!! Go FIRSTWa