how far have you gotten on your robot?

[Parker]

My team has mocked up a thrower and collecter, but there is still some debate on how to transport the balls into the hopper.

Our kitbot is built and drive train is finalized.

[Dulaney1727]

I was wondering my Rookie Team was far behind. My teacher insists that we are right on schedule but it is hard to tell, knowing that there is so much to do and so little time left.

We have experimented on the devices to try and discover a system that would effectively shoot the 7.5 inch ball. We discovered that pneamatics would not be powerful enough and using springs was good idea but also did not work out so well in the end. We also tried using a pinball machine design, where a "hammer" would hit behind the ball and launch it forwards, but it again turned out not to be powerful enough. We are now trying to build a system with wheels and a motor to shoot the ball out similar to softball machine at batting cages.

For the electrical stuff, we have laid out the most of the electronics and created the circuits and have screwed everything down to the plywood.

We have built the chasis for the robot and started to play around with the camera, but are running into some technical difficulty.

We have yet to look into a hopper system and a system for picking up loose balls.

Thanks
Scott

[Chuck Glick]

we were about to have the basic chasis running, BUT we had to do a major over haul of the chasis due to lack of ground clearance and we should be running by tomorrow, and will be able to finish on schedule.

[Matt Torrisi]

well we came up with this really cool see-saw design to move the balls to the shooter, but as a consequence we couldn't use the kit bot, which though primitive is really strong if put together right. for motors we are gonna end up using either cim motors with DeWalt transmissions for the most power. if the finance goddess blesses us, we might put 4 cims for extra power. we like push power especially with the defence quarter thing. we did that last year, so we are just waiting on parts

i made a shooter merely using the old bot for a platform and the softball launcher design. separately we got the camera to work after much tinkering.

are we the only team having problems with the camera locking onto ceiling lights as well as the target?

[Steve S.]

We're done!!!!

[Nuttyman54]

Originally Posted by Cadets1033

Ok, My team is using the kitbot but I'm on animation need the computer generated parts to make our design and I was wondering if anyone knew where I could find Inventor files for the parts to the Kitbot. If you do, can you please send me a message or reply to this tread with a link or suggestion? Thanks.

Drew Stahling
Cadets 1033

Log on to Autodesk Streamline 6. It installs with the inventor suite, or you can access it at projectpoint.buzzsaw.com/FIRST username is (public) with the ('s , and there is no password. The parts are under FIRST 2006 Competition -> Virtual Kit of Parts.

[santosh]

Our drivetreain design deadline is wednesday but I hear that we will be done by tomorrow and order parts by tomorrow and starting builing the drivetrain by wednesday.

[binary_sandman]

we have finsih protype start build monday have finished
with driver programing and auton which only took us about 4 hours

[atomikitten]

Originally Posted by Reyner

We have hardly even finished the chassis of the kitbot, but that's because we took a week off for exams.

We love working through exams! Ours starts on the 17th. The majority of the team doesn't study for exams--not saying that's good or bad.

[gondorf]

Originally Posted by BuddyB309

Wow! tell me in detail how you got that to happen!

aactually it has almost happened before at home. the motors were accidentally left running and the thing heated up so much it started to smoke and burn.

at school it was all encased with no holes so the case exploded with the rest of that side.

strange things sometimes happen but for once this wasnt my fault

we just finished exams. we had to work through them

anyone else had things blow up or burn?

[gondorf]

as for the motors on the kitbot smoking the real problem was because there was a gear stuck.

we now have it working again and it is fine

[Arkorobotics]

No matter how much you do you will never be on schedule. So we are far enough.

[Kilrath]

Originally Posted by Arkorobotics

No matter how much you do you will never be on schedule. So we are far enough.

I have to agree with that, with only six weeks to build you are always behind schedule

[JBotAlan]

Originally Posted by gondorf

i remember the vex robots last year. my schools vex robot blew up and part of the team had scratches and burns.

remember to wear your safety glasses

just had to say that

I watched a teammate last year shatter a Dremel bit and it literally threw shrapnel that bounced off his safety glasses...needless to say he held onto his goggles a little tighter after that encounter...

68 has a few prototypes working. We're still testing different ideas, though. Hopefully by the end of this week or next we will have settled on a design.

And no, we're not using the kitbot.

JBotAlan

[gondorf]

Originally Posted by JBotAlan

I watched a teammate last year shatter a Dremel bit and it literally threw shrapnel that bounced off his safety glasses...needless to say he held onto his goggles a little tighter after that encounter...

68 has a few prototypes working. We're still testing different ideas, though. Hopefully by the end of this week or next we will have settled on a design.

And no, we're not using the kitbot.

JBotAlan

as far as that goes i have a couple of questions that is probably cause im a rookie.

1. What is a dremel bit?
2. how do they shatter?
3. if it shattered why did it "throw" shrapnel? it should have dropped.
4. why did it only hit his goggles?