Team 118 Robonauts - Unvieled

[MasonMM]

Looks like something I've seen before. Maybe one of those robots we built back when I was on the team. A shorter stronger one armed sibling i suppose.



4 years of crab drives and it keeps getting better. Nice work guys. I'm waiting for some clean pictures of the guts now.

[Brandon Holley]

Wow basically sums this thing up.

I commend on you on this insane drive train and pushing the development of FIRST. This thing is insane, and I bet its hella fun to drive.

[Alex Cormier]

Let me sum it up in one word: .

there is no word that will describe that robot other then .

I have always liked your designs and now this has realy impressed me, good job and good luck.

[Billfred]

I'm also sort of worried for that DeWalt transmission. Recalling Chainzilla from 2005, though, I'm more worried about y'all running up the score too much.

[Kyle]

Crazy just plain crazy.

[dlavery]

Originally Posted by lbridgwater

Enjoy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3l6Xqts4to

Lyndon -

Absolutely awesome. Can't wait to see it in person in Atlanta.

But as impressive as the machine may be, 118 as a team continues to be an even bigger "wow!" There are not many teams that turn out entire herds of students every year with full working knowledge of ProE, practical experience with advanced fabrication techniques, and access to some of the best bar-b-que on the planet! Well done!

-dave

[Brad Voracek]

Absolutely insane. I'm scared. Really scared.


Good luck guys... May this be an amazing season for you.

[KingBK]

the one thing i'm wondering is how is it hooked up to the wheels? cause with the rules you won't have enough motors to have 2 of those things.

[Nuttyman54]

Originally Posted by KingBK

the one thing i'm wondering is how is it hooked up to the wheels? cause with the rules you won't have enough motors to have 2 of those things.

It's a coaxial swerve drive (search CDmedia for pictures). Essentially, the one gearbox powers all 4 wheels, and separate motors turn the swerve modules (in pairs of two)

[Dan Zollman]

What is the robot's top speed?

[zander_108]

wait a second.. im not so sure how this thing is working..

I mean, think about it...
It has 6 motors powering the wheels
coaxial swerve drive (requiring 2 motors)
a turret (requiring one motor)
and a telescoping arm (requiring another motor)

thats a total of 10

hmm, theres something either against the rules here, or even more amazing than we origionally thought!

[Lil' Lavery]

Originally Posted by zander_108

wait a second.. im not so sure how this thing is working..

I mean, think about it...
It has 6 motors powering the wheels
coaxial swerve drive (requiring 2 motors)
a turret (requiring one motor)
and a telescoping arm (requiring another motor)

thats a total of 10

hmm, theres something either against the rules here, or even more amazing than we origionally thought!

What's against the rules about using 10 motors?

[Nuttyman54]

Originally Posted by zander_108

wait a second.. im not so sure how this thing is working..

I mean, think about it...
It has 6 motors powering the wheels
coaxial swerve drive (requiring 2 motors)
a turret (requiring one motor)
and a telescoping arm (requiring another motor)

thats a total of 10

hmm, theres something either against the rules here, or even more amazing than we origionally thought!

If I'm not mistaken, you're allowed up to 15 motors

4 CIM (2 KOP, 2 extra)
2 FP
2 Large CIMs (1 KOP, on extra)
2 Globes
2 Banebots
2 Keyangs
1 Denso

Plus they could be using pneumatics for the elevator

[Setsanto]

I am incredibely impressed, to say the very least, on a) finishing a robot in this short a period of time and b) finishing THAT robot in this short a space of time

~Nick/1334