The Robonauts 118 - 2013 Video

[billylo]

The engineering side of me said... This is amazing... Have this done in 6 weeks is just incredible.

The competitor side of me said... I wonder how another alliance can slow it down and score more points than they do. The competition is 3-on-3. What are your thoughts?

[racesick222]

Originally Posted by billylo

The engineering side of me said... This is amazing... Have this done in 6 weeks is just incredible.

The competitor side of me said... I wonder how another alliance can slow it down and score more points than they do. The competition is 3-on-3. What are your thoughts?

1114 in 2010

[Sean Raia]

The climbing mechanism on this robot is ingenious.

I cannot believe all of that actuation fits in that robot...

[joelg236]

Honestly the best designed robot I've seen in FIRST. And the mechanism shown here https://www.youtube.com/watch?featur...9bZ4fk#t=33 s

What is it..?

[apples000]

I'm pretty sure a 2:41 it's a 30 pt climb. You can see the robot bump out as the notched wheel clears the 2nd bar. I'm curious to know what the full climb time is. I'm not sure, but it looks like some refinement could make it go even faster!

[z_beeblebrox]

This matches 1717 2012 and 254 2011 for amazing awesomeness. How are you aiming? Computer vision? Preset positions? Something else?

[JohnFogarty]

How did you get the addressable LED light strips running?

[Toa Circuit]

This...

Im quitting FIRST now. This is awesome. 118, you are by far one of my favorite teams.
There's only a few things I see it doesn't do, neither of which are very big:
1. Dump frisbees (Who cares though when you can probably get a easy shot into the pyramid, though you never showed this in the video)
2. Pick up and shoot upside down disks (Though I don't see this is going to happen much.)
3. Have a fan or other mechanism to block shots

This looks like a bot that would be a dream to drive when it works, and a nightmare to compete against or try and repair. (Or wire)

I would say good luck, but I don't think it would do you any help whatsoever.

[TheMadCADer]

Originally Posted by Toa Circuit

This looks like a bot that would be a dream to drive when it works, and a nightmare to compete against or try and repair.

It wouldn't be a 118 robot if it doesn't break down in the semi-finals at Lone Star.

[Madison]

The thing that impresses me most about 118's robots is how feature-dense they are. While we come up with ideas and look for a subset of them we are confident we can make work, it seems like they manage to pack in everything each year. I'd love to get a closer look at how a machine like this gets designed.

[Kevin Sevcik]

Originally Posted by TheMadCADer

It wouldn't be a 118 robot if it doesn't break down in the semi-finals at Lone Star.

Quoted for truth. One of the few weaknesses of 118's robots lately seems to be robustness. Last year they were breaking wheels every other match. Hopefully they've worked out some of those issues this year.

[TVwazhere]

And the winner of the 2013 FRC Nationals is....

Originally Posted by TVwazhere

And the winner of the 2013 FRC Nationals is....

This robot is amazing, and even I admit to calling them champions after seeing the video the first time, but you can't just hand them a trophy yet. They're good, but that does't mean they're Einstein good.

Plus, there's ways you can stop them. It's not all that hard. You just need some smart playing.

[Hallry]

Originally Posted by Andrew Lawrence

They're good, but that does't mean they're Einstein good..

Well, they are Einstein good, they just haven't won Einstein yet. They were on Einstein last year for example. And if it weren't for comm. problems, who knows what could have happened.

[waialua359]

Originally Posted by TheMadCADer

It wouldn't be a 118 robot if it doesn't break down in the semi-finals at Lone Star.

It didnt last year.