Team 1538 - 2012 Robot

[EagleEngineer]

wow, i like the basket for human loading. Nice looking bot, can't wait to see it up close in San Diego.

[Kevin_Morris]

Yet again another clean and formidable looking robot from the Holy Cows. Great job guys.

[avanboekel]

Originally Posted by engunneer

Are you worried about ever having more than 3 in that hopper?

I was thinking the same thing. What if a bot on an opposing alliance shot balls into their hopper when they were already carrying 3?

[kiettyyyy]

Originally Posted by avanboekel

I was thinking the same thing. What if a bot on an opposing alliance shot balls into their hopper when they were already carrying 3?

Most likely, the opposing alliance will incur a foul while giving our team another ball to shoot.

[avanboekel]

Originally Posted by kiettyyyy

Most likely, the opposing alliance will incur a foul while giving our team another ball to shoot.

Under what rule?

[Ty Tremblay]

Originally Posted by avanboekel

Under what rule?

[G44]
Generally, a rule violation by an Alliance that was directly caused by actions of the opposing Alliance will not be penalized. Rule [G28] is an exception to this rule.

[artdutra04]

Originally Posted by avanboekel

Under what rule?

G44

While G44 covers the actions of an opposing alliance, there is nothing that would prevent the actions of an alliance partner robot from causing a four-ball possession foul in an open-topped hopper. Accidents like a bouncing/missed 3pt shot could easily land in an open hopper if the robot was close enough to the fender.

[sanddrag]

Nice looking robot Kiet. Nice touch on powder coating the wheel rims. Hey, what are you using to join the shooter hood side to the shooter hood top?

I think you'll like what you see from 696 this year too

[kiettyyyy]

Originally Posted by sanddrag

Nice looking robot Kiet. Nice touch on powder coating the wheel rims. Hey, what are you using to join the shooter hood side to the shooter hood top?

I think you'll like what you see from 696 this year too

Thanks Dave! They're just held together using lots of bolts. It's hard to get away from a previous team in terms of robot design, isn't it?

[BrendanB]

Originally Posted by avanboekel

Under what rule?

Considering their robot is 119lbs, I wouldn't have made a gate for an open hopper when the chance of getting a stray rebound is small much less when you have there in your robot.

We played around with making a gate on our robot but it comes at the opportunity cost of getting your other mechanisms working and into your weight budget.

[Jon Jack]

We've played around with throwing balls into the robot and it's not as easy as it looks. The ball has to bounce just right for it to land into the hopper. The top of the hopper sits around 34", which is just below the opening of the inbound station. We wanted a low, open hopper so that we could drive up to the inbound station and have an inbounder drop balls into our robot.

[Jared Russell]

Beautifully built.

Any plans for using the camera, or do you have something else up your sleeve for targeting?

[kiettyyyy]

Originally Posted by Jared341

Beautifully built.

Any plans for using the camera, or do you have something else up your sleeve for targeting?

We're able to score accurately using a few reference points on the field. We are also planning on using a camera(wasn't mounted when the photo was taken).

[Timz3082]

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/photos/23983

Huh? Dejavu?