Spectrum 3847: Infrared Reveal

[AllenGregoryIV]

Infrared


Reveal Video

Reveal Photos

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[Mr. Lim]

This robot is amazing...

[Andrew Schreiber]

I'm particularly fond of the wheels on the end of the intake.

[Mr. Lim]

Originally Posted by Andrew Schreiber

I'm particularly fond of the wheels on the end of the intake.

It's one way to get mecanums on to Einstein...

[XaulZan11]

Originally Posted by Mr. Lim

It's one way to get mecanums on to Einstein...

Someone could have zip tied a mecanum wheel on their robot during the practice match on Einstein last year...just saying...

This is probably my favorite reveal video so far. Short, action packed and showed off a lot of cool and useful features.

[geomapguy]

Another great robot from Spectrum!!

One of the best teams in FRC, both competitively and graciously!

[Electronica1]

This looks awesome!
One question, are the 4 inch mecanum wheels on the intake using the 4 inch rollers or the 6 inch rollers?

[AllenGregoryIV]

Originally Posted by Electronica1

This looks awesome!
One question, are the 4 inch mecanum wheels on the intake using the 4 inch rollers or the 6 inch rollers?

6in rollers with custom 3D printed purple hubs. We figure we shouldn't waste the real wheels or rollers. We have friends that may run into wheel problems later in the season and we'll be able to help them out with the real wheels. We also can use the proper rollers for future prototype robots or something.

[Electronica1]

Originally Posted by AllenGregoryIV

6in rollers with custom 3D printed purple hubs. We figure we shouldn't waste the real wheels or rollers. We have friends that may run into wheel problems later in the season and we'll be able to help them out with the real wheels. We also can use the proper rollers for future prototype robots or something.

Yea, i was just wondering if you guys found that using non round wheels actually allowed you to get more grip on the ball.

[dtengineering]

First time I've seen mecanums used like that. Brilliant!

Jason

[AllenGregoryIV]

Originally Posted by dtengineering

First time I've seen mecanums used like that. Brilliant!

Jason

It's funny it only happened because we broke a roller when driving on them and we're annoyed, so we thought we would beat them up a bit with the collector. Turns out it works really well.

Also the power of the 775s help, if we had a lower back panel the collector would launch the ball a good 8 feet or so at full speed.

[chadr03]

Well done Allen and Spectrum. I'm looking forward to seeing it in action at Lone Star.

[kk052]

just make sure not to shoot it on the truss in a match, or you will never be able to score again.

[JohnSchneider]

Originally Posted by kk052

just make sure not to shoot it on the truss in a match, or you will never be able to score again.

You should keep up with rule updates.

Allen, Looks great! Can't wait to see you in Dallas!

[Duncan Macdonald]

We need an award for best non traditional use of a cots component. That intake is phenomenal.