3481 Teaser Photos of 2015 EL TORO

[Michael Blake]

Not too bad for a team with _zero_ mechanical engineers and working out of a garage.

Things have progressed a bit since photos were taken...

--Michael Blake

[Boltman]

Congrats we know all to well the feeling.

[lynca]

Way to go 3481 !

That H-drive looks nice ! Does it only engage the ground when you turn the motor similar to Vader (148-2014 bot) ?

[eddie12390]

Fans of the Denver Broncos?

[JamesCH95]

Originally Posted by Michael Blake

Not too bad for a team with _zero_ mechanical engineers and working out of a garage.

Things have progressed a bit since photos were taken...

--Michael Blake

Not bad at all. Though I would think that if you did have an ME on your team he or she would have suggested that you do something to triangulate your arm structure.

What is your 'slide' geared for in free speed?

[The_ShamWOW88]

Awesome job guys...

Good luck this season!!

[Bruceb]

Aren't batteries supposed to be charged in the upright position?

[Michael Blake]

Originally Posted by Bruceb

Aren't batteries supposed to be charged in the upright position?

Bruce... I've never heard that before and this will be the 5th season we've charged that way and have never had a problem.

Maybe because we buy 8 brand new batteries each season we avoid any issues?

--Michael Blake

[Michael Blake]

Originally Posted by The_ShamWOW88

Awesome job guys...

Good luck this season!!

THANKS, Shamus!!

--Michael Blake

[Michael Blake]

Originally Posted by JamesCH95

Not bad at all. Though I would think that if you did have an ME on your team he or she would have suggested that you do something to triangulate your arm structure.

What is your 'slide' geared for in free speed?

JCH... "triangulate your arm structure"...?!! I do not know what you are talking about? And if you reply using _math_ I will hunt you down... LOL ;-)

"What is your 'slide' geared for in free speed?" THAT is like me asking you, "HOW TALL do you weigh?"

I will ask the student who primarily designed it and will get back to you with the info... ;-)

--Michael Blake

[JamesCH95]

Originally Posted by Michael Blake

JCH... "triangulate your arm structure"...?!! I do not know what you are talking about? And if you reply using _math_ I will hunt you down... LOL ;-)

"What is your 'slide' geared for in free speed?" THAT is like me asking you, "HOW TALL do you weigh?"

I will ask the student who primarily designed it and will get back to you with the info... ;-)

--Michael Blake

In your arm structure I notice that there are no triangles, only quadrilaterals. Thus the structures strength and stiffness is driven largely by the joints of the structures and not the beams themselves.

A very basic video on the importance of triangles in structures: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kvk_SiFGMZI

[Addison4300]

I like the arm idea! Good work!

[Michael Blake]

Originally Posted by Addison4300

I like the arm idea! Good work!

THANK YOU for the compliment!!

--Michael Blake

[Michael Blake]

Originally Posted by JamesCH95

In your arm structure I notice that there are no triangles, only quadrilaterals. Thus the structures strength and stiffness is driven largely by the joints of the structures and not the beams themselves.

A very basic video on the importance of triangles in structures: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kvk_SiFGMZI

Oh okay... you're talking about our 2015 tower design... we know about "triangulate" structure design as evidenced by the tower design in our 2012 bot THE ADMIRAL II (see below picture).

We we just call them angle-trusses or horizontal-trusses.

We went with horizontal-trusses this year because we wanted to keep visuals as clean as possible for the driver/operator through the tower to the manipulator at the end of the arm.

Believe me you cannot twist that structure with any force experienced in this year's game play and if it needed it we would have added angle-trusses for sure... ;-)

--Michael Blake

[Michael Blake]

Originally Posted by eddie12390

Fans of the Denver Broncos?

Eddie... the _only_ sport I follow is competition robotics, so I'm not quite sure who the Denver Broncos are? Football, right?

Did the Super Bowl happen yet this year?

As for the colors, their the Louis D. Brandeis High School colors.

;-)

--Michael Blake