Tape measure climber club

[nick4130]

Please post take measure climber videos/pictures here. This is team 4130 on blue alliance at FIM marysville district climbing with a tape measure. This is pushing it out and retracting the robot with the tape measure. No winch system needed. Go to around 2:19. https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B2...kFMVFZJblF5OVE

[snoman]

Cool can you explain how exactly this was done?

[nick4130]

Originally Posted by snoman

Cool can you explain how exactly this was done?

Yeah! So what it is its two 3D printed housing that hold the tapes. Yes I said tapes. We put two tapes back to back to makes u shape having the tapes meet in the middle, it's chain driven by a 775 pro. Two little andymark wheels push out the tape and also retract it, it's also very consistent.

[jspatz1]

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[MaxEG]

Team 1285 is joining the club!

https://scontent-ord1-1.xx.fbcdn.net...96&oe=5798D42A

[JohnFogarty]

Originally Posted by nick4130

Yeah! So what it is its two 3D printed housing that hold the tapes. Yes I said tapes. We put two tapes back to back to makes u shape having the tapes meet in the middle, it's chain driven by a 775 pro. Two little andymark wheels push out the tape and also retract it, it's also very consistent.

Could you post some pictures?

[The other Gabe]

are tape measures just like, invincible or something?

[Bob Potts]

The original design was posted by Drew from team 4564 (Thanks Drew!). The 3D printed housing and concept of how to drive the tape using the 1.625 Colson wheel was directly from his design. Our team modified the concept to include a pair of tape measures fed back to back. The whole package weighs less than 9 pounds.
These pictures are from our prototype, unfortunately we did not get too many pic’s of the final product. The 2.5” Colson wheels at the exit point were replaced with 2” AndyMark Blue Stealth wheels.

[Hgree56]

1720 from Indiana is apart of that club. I love their climber!!

[squinlan]

2836
https://youtu.be/TrQCUKrwDRQ?t=10m30s

[Type]

Originally Posted by Bob Potts

The original design was posted by Drew from team 4564 (Thanks Drew!). The 3D printed housing and concept of how to drive the tape using the 1.625 Colson wheel was directly from his design. Our team modified the concept to include a pair of tape measures fed back to back. The whole package weighs less than 9 pounds.
These pictures are from our prototype, unfortunately we did not get too many pic’s of the final product. The 2.5” Colson wheels at the exit point were replaced with 2” AndyMark Blue Stealth wheels.

This probably sounds like an odd question but how much does all of this weigh? My team is short on weight but I still think a climbing mechanism could be useful.

[fox46]

2013 Cybergnomes first climb in North Bay using "The Rapunzel Device"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzU6_JrqnlE

[Bob Potts]

Originally Posted by Type

This probably sounds like an odd question but how much does all of this weigh? My team is short on weight but I still think a climbing mechanism could be useful.

"The whole package weighs less than 9 pounds."

[Type]

Originally Posted by Bob Potts

"The whole package weighs less than 9 pounds."

Thanks for pointing that out, I probably should have read through the post a little better.

[Mcomer]

Camdenton LASER 3284 successfully hung with tape measure extension and lift via double tapes on each side.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckPc...m-upload_owner