2007's Best Robot Ramps

[Darkswordsmith]

Now I cant help but boast our team's ramp. I'm pretty sure it's one of the largest ramp in the nation with an area of 45 sq. ft (half of them ramp, half of them platform) with 15.6 degress elevation. It's literally a portable parking lot and can fit 3 robots on it optimally.
And the nice thing about it is, we used no fancy material, just plain sheet metal with some teflon, stitched together with pop-rivets.

[Cartwright]

At the Boilermaker regional there was a nice lift robot 1501. It lifted quickly and the platforms laid fat enough that virtually any robot could get on them. Lifted 12" two at a time.

[Wayne Doenges]

At the Boilermaker regional there was a nice lift robot 1501. It lifted quickly and the platforms laid fat enough that virtually any robot could get on them. Lifted 12" two at a time.

Thanks for the kind words.
If you are on our wings, when lifted, you will be 13.5" off of the ground.
The new and improved Angel Wings will be even better. They will be added at Atlanta. See you all there.

[MGoelz]

What I think is the coolest thing about all of these ramp bots, is that there are so many, and you can often find many of the best still available when you get past the first half of the draft picks. It's always really interesting to see how they all step up. It also helps when they can play strong defense.
My personal favorites, from what I've seen, are 1501, 1555, 545, 870, 496, and 461. There are many others...I just can't think of them right now.

[meglovesbots]

wow im surprised no has mentioned 1846 their ramps are pretty sick

[EmilioM]

Now that everything is said and done, I thought it would be cool to open up this thread again for some final insight.

What were the best lifting robots of 2007? (In my opinion, lifting was better and more efficient than ramps - as long as they worked...)

190 looked like it did pretty well at nationals (besides winning it all) - those anti-rollback devices were really sweet.

[Jevin H]

I liked The curcit stompers

Da Bears


And not to toot our horn because no one could drive up it for some reason

[Cartwright]

If this is only ramps, I thought that 545's ramp was very good. We got up easily and it played a key role in the winning alliance at Long Island. If this includes lifts too, then I would put 1501 as one of the elite lifters this year with 1555 very close behind.

[Adare180]

I may be a little biased, voting for my own team........ but I must say, SPAM had the biggest and baddest ramps out there on the Curie field, and I wouldn't be surprised if they were the largest in the entire dome. Nicknamed the "aircraft carrier," our team was actually joking about having our chasis drive out from underneath and climb itself.... but that would not qualify for the 30 point bonus.


SPAM Ramps

Another View


**We actually won an award for our "Rockin' Ramp!"

[Adare180]

although I did like the "air mattress" bot...... I can't remember which team it was, but it used the air mattress concept. pretty sweet.

[team1203 4life]

o contrare i think we had the best ramp this year

[Andrea's Mom]

My personal favorite: At the Finger Lakes and Philly Regionals, Team 316 (LunaTechs) had the sweetest double lifting mechanism. I think it worked every time. Amazing!

[Steve Ketron]

Not to brag about my team(1528, iPirates) ramps, but 573 gave us a team award for having the best lifting bot at the GLR and we were receiving rave reviews for or ramps at the Buckeye Regional.

[Qbranch]

1501.... ABSOLUTELY AMAZING!

Great alliance partner guys.... you ROCK!

-q

[cgredalertcc]

Originally Posted by Qbranch

1501.... ABSOLUTELY AMAZING!

Great alliance partner guys.... you ROCK!

-q

1501 was incredible I love that total loophole they found in the rules. If they started lifting before the end of the match and both bots stayed on tah dah 60. The air system kept raising it after the robot was disabled because the solenoid didn't change state, or at least that is how I understand it.