pic: Robot in 3 Days: Complete

[miketwalker]

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[dodar]

This is an amazing looking robot and seemed to function extremely well. I wonder, though, will teams look at teams who build a very similar robot to this ,as if they just recreated this robot, in a different view? Even though I do believe that this concept has been thought of by alot of teams and even i thought of something very similar to this before this was a finished product.

[Larry Lewis]

Pretty amazing what the Robot in 3 Days people were able to accomplish. I know it inspired me to think about some things in a different light and to learn from their prototyping experiences. Awesome job!

[Leav]

Originally Posted by dodar

This is an amazing looking robot and seemed to function extremely well. I wonder, though, will teams look at teams who build a very similar robot to this ,as if they just recreated this robot, in a different view? Even though I do believe that this concept has been thought of by alot of teams and even i thought of something very similar to this before this was a finished product.

The ideas here are fairly common I would assume, and I don't think anyone will be able to tell that a team was inspired by this robot.

If a team was/is inspired by this robot, then this project has served a very useful goal.

The more I think of the "robot in 3 days" idea, the more I like it. good job guys!

[James1902]

Originally Posted by dodar

This is an amazing looking robot and seemed to function extremely well. I wonder, though, will teams look at teams who build a very similar robot to this ,as if they just recreated this robot, in a different view? Even though I do believe that this concept has been thought of by alot of teams and even i thought of something very similar to this before this was a finished product.

They might, in fact some people probably will, and that's their loss because then they missed the point of the whole project, or at least what I saw the point to be.

All ideas come from external sources, be it design concepts, gameplay ideas or even build materials every idea forms from at least the seed of another idea. Isn't that why we looked at match video from 2006 last year or video from 2007 two years ago?

The point now is to make it better. This group decided to do it in three days, but we have 6 more weeks! Imagine the leaps this design can take with all of that time! So now, anyone who has an idea like the ones used for this robot can take it and mold it, shape it, refine it, hone it untill it's perfect. They can practice with it and design programs for it to make their driving better, they can figure out potential fail points and learn how to fix them.

It's essentially an open source prototype that iR3 has graciously given back to the community, and what teams do with it from there is all up to them.

So we might see robots that look and act like this one, but it won't be the same, and I think the overall competition will be better because of it.

Robot turned out great guys, thanks for all the hard work.

[miketwalker]

The unveiling video is now live!

[DonRotolo]

Outstanding effort guys, thank you!

[Dinoyan]

Nice robot

[ttldomination]

A couple of questions/requests?

(1) Mind sharing the angle of your shooter?
(2) I know that an earlier video revealed that upside down shots were about the same distance landing wise. Did you guys see similar goal accuracy as well?

- Sunny G.

[ToddF]

Does your 4 wheel drivetrain work on carpet?

[Alex Cormier]

Looks awesome guys. It was a honor to sponsor and send you graphics, shirts and a bunch of other stuff. Thanks for the videos and all!

[Calvin Hartley]

good job!! I've enjoyed watching you do this. I have a feeling that this could turn into an annual event... hmm?

[Dan Richardson]

Originally Posted by ToddF

Does your 4 wheel drivetrain work on carpet?

It will work, but a 6 wheel with a drop center may work better, the channel has this feature built in to allow for that configuration. The idea was to swap to mechanums and show the difference in performance. Along the way we ran into a few problems.

First we did not have all the hubs we needed to mount the mechanums or it would have needed spacers to use to the FlexHub Flanges. Second, on test day we found out our game pad was busted and we had to drive the robot missing the second Y axis. This took some remapping of our brains to get it oriented, Mechanum would have been even more difficult.

Another option would be the kit chasis or the kitbot on steroids. Both great setups.

Our advice? Get a reliable drive completed and out of the way and then focus on your gameplay.

[bradleyarg]

Originally Posted by ToddF

Does your 4 wheel drivetrain work on carpet?

well as long as it has motors attached and wired (which it does) yes... the carpet used is very thin (think school/industrial carpet) and its only real purpose it do keep the robot from scratching the floor

[Nuttyman54]

Originally Posted by bradleyarg

well as long as it has motors attached and wired (which it does) yes... the carpet used is very thin (think school/industrial carpet) and its only real purpose it do keep the robot from scratching the floor

By "work" I think he's referring more to the inability of a long wheelbase 4wd robot to turn on carpet. Any team that's ever had a 4wd robot drive great on their school's vinyl floors, only to get to competition and find that they can't turn well, if at all. A 6wd dropped center would fare much better, as Dan mentioned.