pic: THINK PINK Roccobot 2k6

[Gabe Salas Jr.]

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[Adam Richards]

No bright pink bumpers?

[Pavan Dave]

Pretty in pink, eh?

How well does it perform? and how fast is it?

Pavan

[David Guzman]

Very nice robot, every year I wait anxious until the moment I can see the pink robot in action.

[Barry Bonzack]

After seeing how well Metal in Motion did at VCU with a similar design, having this robot at UCF scares me.

[Lil' Lavery]

343 was on the winning alliance in VCU with a very similar design. Problem is, harsher refs might have gotten mad at them for shredding balls (beleived to be the rough polycarb edges of their spiraling ramp). When running their system, it was described to be "snowing" the ball skin!
343 also had a turret for their gun.

Any issues with you guys and shredding balls? If not, you guys look to be an awesome competitor once again this year.

[Tim Delles]

Pink coming out with yet another great looking machine. Hope i can make it to Atlanta to see you guys in action, or atleast hope to see some video of the matches you guys are in.

[Matt_Kaplan1902]

Originally Posted by Tim Delles

Pink coming out with yet another great looking machine. Hope i can make it to Atlanta to see you guys in action, or atleast hope to see some video of the matches you guys are in.

Be sure to check SOAP to watch their, and every other teams, matches from this weekend.

Another awesome robot from 233, I'll be sure to come check it out tommorow.

[SURVIVORfan44]

Originally Posted by Lil' Lavery

343 was on the winning alliance in VCU with a very similar design. Problem is, harsher refs might have gotten mad at them for shredding balls (beleived to be the rough polycarb edges of their spiraling ramp). When running their system, it was described to be "snowing" the ball skin!
343 also had a turret for their gun.

Any issues with you guys and shredding balls? If not, you guys look to be an awesome competitor once again this year.

343 wasn't nearly as bad as another team at VCU. Another team had their robot turned off in one of the practice matches because it was COMPLETELY destroying/shredding/damaging the balls. When the team picked their robot off of the floor, it looked as if it had snowed!

[Billfred]

I was 233's inspector at UCF, and they really had their stuff together. Everything was beautifully done, organized, documented (I think it was about seven or eight pages of diagrams and tables), and laid out so that it could be inspected by both the team and the officials without crouching, squatting, contorting, using a flashlight, or tracing with a finger. I loved it.

(Now, in the interest of fairness, they did have an issue with their flag holder having two screws in it. Then again, proper flag holders on initial inspection were the exception, not the rule, at UCF, so I can't complain too much. )


<edit>Now that I think about it, I really should've had that label made up to go alongside the initialed pink dot at UCF. :lol</edit>

[Gene F]

Originally Posted by Lil' Lavery

343 was on the winning alliance in VCU with a very similar design. Problem is, harsher refs might have gotten mad at them for shredding balls (beleived to be the rough polycarb edges of their spiraling ramp). When running their system, it was described to be "snowing" the ball skin!
343 also had a turret for their gun.

Any issues with you guys and shredding balls? If not, you guys look to be an awesome competitor once again this year.

Lil' Lavery, thanks for the complement. As far as shredding balls. We were actually shut down in a practice round. The problem is that a ball got jammed when the operators placed the balls in the robot before play started. The tried all kinds of maneuvers to get the ball loose. In the process it ground up the ball pretty bad. They shut us down and we accept that they were right in doing so. From that point on our operators have taken care to make sure the balls are freely moving after manual insertion. We actually did extensive testing that resulted in us putting the "sock" on the brushes to cut down on the ball damage. The operator can also stop the brushes to minimize ball wear. From our testing we do not damage balls that have not been previously damaged.

[mandraque]

this is from ramtech and i just want to say that your robot is amazing. great power, speed, accuracy, everything. they only way pink lost was when the whole other team gang up on the pink robot. if anyone has any hopes to see how the pink robot peforms, they will not be unsatisfied. i wish you all thebest and see you in Atlanta.

[teno121]

Not sure how Pink has done at other regionals, but all I can say is WOW at Boston! Great teamwork with 121, 1568, and 233.

[Alex Burman]

That is one amazing robot. It is definitely a big rival to 25, everyone better watch out.

[thatphotochick]

that is the coolest robot i've ever seen lol. that design is amazing..i'm completely blown away