pic: 114's robot (UNCENSORED)

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[Jonathan Norris]

Wow, looks very nice. It seems like a lot of teams are using their cannon on the bottom of their bot. Aren't you worried that you will easily be blocked by another robot?

[sgsdragons]

Originally Posted by Jonathan Norris

Wow, looks very nice. It seems like a lot of teams are using their cannon on the bottom of their bot. Aren't you worried that you will easily be blocked by another robot?

Thats what I was wondering.

JOsh

[Eric Scheuing]

I must say I like it. Good inventor work. If you're entering for the award, it's going to be tough to compete with you.

[Nuttyman54]

blocking a shooter is only easy if you can anticipate when they will fire. otherwise, you have to be continually in their way, which means there's only one robot left to defend agaisnt their other alliance partners.

[Alekat]

Originally Posted by Nuttyman54

blocking a shooter is only easy if you can anticipate when they will fire. otherwise, you have to be continually in their way, which means there's only one robot left to defend agaisnt their other alliance partners.

Don't you simply have to be between them and the goal? And without a swerve drive I don't see that as being particularly easy to get around.

I do love the model though, nice reflections and coloring.

[Nuttyman54]

Originally Posted by Alekat

Don't you simply have to be between them and the goal?

Yes, but you also have to be close enough that their ball can't clear your robot, which usually means moving with them. It also looks like they've got a turret, which means they don't have to stop and turn in order to aim.

[Jonathan Norris]

Originally Posted by Nuttyman54

Yes, but you also have to be close enough that their ball can't clear your robot, which usually means moving with them. It also looks like they've got a turret, which means they don't have to stop and turn in order to aim.

I do not see a turret in there CAD, it looks stationary to me. a very nice stationary shooter at that.

[Nuttyman54]

Originally Posted by Jonathan Norris

I do not see a turret in there CAD, it looks stationary to me. a very nice stationary shooter at that.

Yes, it does look stationary, but I see a small circular something directly below their laucher wheel, and the way the bars are mounted (on a plate) makes me think that it can turn. otherwise i would think they would just mount the bars directly to the base. I could be wrong tho. better lighting there would help

p.s. LOVE the electronics board

[Salik Syed]

That very much resembles an idea we had for our robot.. of course urs has all the kinks worked out and actually functions...

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we decided against it because we didn't think we could pull it off

[steven114]

The turret does indeed swivel.

[Calvin]

I've noticed that many robots are going to be high up in the air (tall robots)... I wonder how many robots we will be seeing tip over this year?!!?

[Donut]

Originally Posted by Calvin

I've noticed that many robots are going to be high up in the air (tall robots)... I wonder how many robots we will be seeing tip over this year?!!?

That depends how many are trying for the ramp. No one can have any arm extending really high, and that's usually the cluprit for tipping.

That is a really nice robot design. Looks very similar to ours, except we will have a high shooter. I do not see the camera; will you be using it?

[steven114]

We do plan to use the camera. It had not been added to this revision of the drawings, but it should be in there in the next one...

[vadyr]

this robot is awesome. our manufacturing advisor and i were looking at it in awe. it seems as though our collection systems are really similar