pic: FRC971 Spartan Robotics Presents: Renegade

[Nuttyman54]

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Wow. Wow wow wow wow wow. This thing is just AWESOME! I expect no less from former world champions, but this is still just awesome! Great job 971! You always make some of the best machines in FIRST each year, and this year is no different!

See you in SVR!

P.S. Robot unveil video soon?

[Nuttyman54]

Originally Posted by SuperNerd256

P.S. Robot unveil video soon?

Not for Sacramento, unfortunately. I'll try to do a pre-SVR or pre-Champs video. They only finally captured footage for a video at last night's driver practice, but they weren't able to get it to me in time to edit it down. I still don't have it (I still haven't even seen this thing run in at full capacity!). If there's no webcast of Davis, I'll make sure we release something before SVR.

[Akash Rastogi]

That is such a clean and beautiful design. You folks always inspire me with your sheetmetal work, and this is no different.

A couple questions:
1. That gearbox orientation looks really nice, would you mind posting a picture of the gearbox/internals of your drive?

2. What OD and ID tubing is that on your structure and why did you use that this year?

3. Any issues with balls jamming in the hopper/conveyor?

4. The entire robot looks incredibly light, what was your final weight and what was your method of conserving weight? How much pocketing went into your structure and what material thickness is used around the whole bot?

Looks incredible, thank you for such a beautiful machine. Best of luck in Sacramento.

[Gray Adams]

At one point during our season I was thinking about an under the bumper intake based on all the reports of balls getting stuck under robots, but I wish I thought more about an over bumper design. That would leave so much more space for electronics and simplify the frame.

[James Kuszmaul]

Originally Posted by Akash Rastogi

That is such a clean and beautiful design. You folks always inspire me with your sheetmetal work, and this is no different.

A couple questions:
1. That gearbox orientation looks really nice, would you mind posting a picture of the gearbox/internals of your drive?

2. What OD and ID tubing is that on your structure and why did you use that this year?

3. Any issues with balls jamming in the hopper/conveyor?

4. The entire robot looks incredibly light, what was your final weight and what was your method of conserving weight? How much pocketing went into your structure and what material thickness is used around the whole bot?

Looks incredible, thank you for such a beautiful machine. Best of luck in Sacramento.

1) Not sure where to find pictures of it (there probably are some lying around somewhere), but basically we have a 2-speed transmission using compact pistons from Bimba. It is a two-stage transmision, so it is relatively small, and we were able to orient the CIMs such that they are over the center wheel, out of the way of the electronics.

2) It is 1.5" OD 1/32" wall tubing. We are using it because it is rigid and light.

3) Seems to be working reasonably well. I haven't been at the more recent drivers practices, and I usually don't stay very late, so I can't say for sure.

Originally Posted by James Kuszmaul

1) Not sure where to find pictures of it (there probably are some lying around somewhere), but basically we have a 2-speed transmission using compact pistons from Bimba. It is a two-stage transmision, so it is relatively small, and we were able to orient the CIMs such that they are over the center wheel, out of the way of the electronics.

2) It is 1.5" OD 1/32" wall tubing. We are using it because it is rigid and light.

3) Seems to be working reasonably well. I haven't been at the more recent drivers practices, and I usually don't stay very late, so I can't say for sure.

The recent driver practices have shown the robot works excellently! 971 is going to be a strong contender at SAC and SVR. IMO It will win them both, as the alliance captain.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KS3n9...6fFAAAAAAAAOAA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rK2et...47FAAAAAAAAPAA

[BJC]

I really like the way this robot serializes balls, I'm going to have to keep that in mind for future games.. and the rest of the robot is pretty awesome as well.

Good Luck this year!
Regards, Bryan

[rcmolloy]

Evan,

Saw this beauty a few weeks ago and I really like what you guys did. Scott seemed very excited about being behind the sticks yet again and I am sure he will go out with a bang this year. Can't wait to hear how you preform this week in Sacramento! Good luck!

[ttldomination]

Originally Posted by SuperNerd256

The recent driver practices have shown the robot works excellently! 971 is going to be a strong contender at SAC and SVR. IMO It will win them both, as the alliance captain.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KS3n9...6fFAAAAAAAAOAA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rK2et...47FAAAAAAAAPAA

Vids are private?

Would love to see this thing in action.

- Sunny G.

Originally Posted by ttldomination

Vids are private?

Would love to see this thing in action.

- Sunny G.

I just found them on youtube one day while searching for robot things, and they were public then. Looks like they're private now.

You can probably find videos of the robot in matches at the SAC regional on youtube, or from the SAC regional thread, where someone may have posted links.

[kevincrispie]

I can talk to people to see if we can get some videos back up. We hope to make some sort of video compilation to send out.

Stay tuned.

[roystur44]

Originally Posted by ttldomination

Vids are private?

Would love to see this thing in action.

- Sunny G.

Take a look at this short video


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5aYv5RF2Arg

Man, Renegade looks better and better by the video. That's some of the fastest 3 point shooting I've seen. I'm hoping we get to play with 971 in a few of our matches at SVR. I can see this robot going right to the top.

[Jared Russell]

Originally Posted by roystur44

http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&fe...&v=XkkmNhyo-X8

Some interesting background shots there

Great robot!