#teamtether club

[Caleb Sykes]

Who's in the club? Post video and/or pictures if you have any.

148 is the club founder, and I wouldn't be surprised if they have inspired some other teams to build tetherbots with their withholding allowances.

At Lake Superior, 2177 added a tether ramp to aid in loading from the feeder station.

Additionally, 1657 has a tetherbot named Fetchy that grabs RCs for Stretchy.

[GKrotkov]

Cut & Paste, from 1285:
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...highlight=1285

ROY G BIV, from 4039:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ogmf...ature=youtu.be

[Shrub]

2175 also added a tether ramp. C:

[Caleb Sykes]

For the teams that have powered tetherbots, I've seen a couple of different casings for the wires. I am curious to know what kind of materials are being used for this, and how well you or your partners can drive over it.

[Green Potato]

We may be joining the club soon, as we're working on integrating an active tether connected to a stationary lift near the feeding station. If things go as planned, we'll likely use it next at Virginia regional.

[orthoravioli]

The winning alliance at MAR Springside-Chestnut Hill consisted of team 225, 1218, and 204. 204 included a tethered ramp lovingly called the "robox" or "Eugene".

[2789_B_Garcia]

We were on #TeamTether at Alamo. The best part about our setup was the tether itself...to say that the robots had problems would be an understatement, but we had fun, nonetheless, & needless to say, plenty of lessons learned!

Will continue iterating for TRR

[nandeeka]

Team 2881 also had a tethered ramp at the Alamo Regional.

[DanielPlotas]

Team 1984 had a Litter-manipulating tetherbot at the Greater Kansas City Regional.

[CalTran]

Originally Posted by DanielPlotas

Team 1984 had a Litter-manipulating tetherbot at the Greater Kansas City Regional.

That thing was adorable. Also at GKC, Team 1806, S.W.A.T. was part of #TeamTether via their HP tote ramp.

[Billfred]

4901 jumped on the bandwagon in Orlando with an unpowered ramp. Slightly jealous of 1523's cardboard box ramp, though.

[Rob3653]

Originally Posted by Billfred

4901 jumped on the bandwagon in Orlando with an unpowered ramp. Slightly jealous of 1523's cardboard box ramp, though.

3653 also built a ramp for Orlando. Only issue throughout the matches was the masons line getting caught in our wheels/axles. Having to remove our wheels after every match was torture.

[Louisiana Jones]

Originally Posted by CalTran

That thing was adorable. Also at GKC, Team 1806, S.W.A.T. was part of #TeamTether via their HP tote ramp.

Here is an up close video of our ramp, "mini-fridge", in action at GKC

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXGRC6AF2Ng

[camtunkpa]

222 is planning to join the #teamtether club at Bridgewater.

[Vinh pham 4587]

Team 4587, Jersey Voltage, has a tether bot similar to 148's. For those who are wondering what to use to pass power through your tether. I used one paired 12 gauge wire to drive a cim, and a CAT 5 straight through cable for our sensors like a encoder and limit switch. I then used electrical tape and bundled the cables together every 6in. On each end of the tether we used Andy Anderson connectors, and had a Ethernet breakout board on both robots. All of this is encased inside mesh sleeving.