816 - 90% Complete (Video inside)

[thefro526]

Here's a short video of one of our first test runs with our 2011 Robot.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7WoW7F-svo

We're working on making everything better, faster, stronger, more reliable, etc from here.

[Craig]

Very impressive! Nice maneuverability

Hope your gripper can take a few licks in combat!

[JesseK]

For more iterations and better practice, put that 12" wall up at the edges of your lanes. We found that it's somewhat difficult to see the tubes on the floor if you're in the lane diagonal from your driver's station. It will also get your drivers used to exiting the lanes where they're supposed to. For bonus practice, get your 2010 robot out to play some blocking defense.

Nice & Simple -- I like it.

[thefro526]

Originally Posted by JesseK

For more iterations and better practice, put that 12" wall up at the edges of your lanes. We found that it's somewhat difficult to see the tubes on the floor if you're in the lane diagonal from your driver's station. It will also get your drivers used to exiting the lanes where they're supposed to. For bonus practice, get your 2010 robot out to play some blocking defense.

Nice & Simple -- I like it.

Thanks!

We actually added the lane dividers to our field the night after this was taken and the driver didn't seem to have all that much difficulty with them. We train him to not hit the wooden walls. (messes our bumpers up)

[Andrew Remmers]

hm... Looks like a familiar robot. Reminds me of Einstein

[nahstobor]

Very simple design, I can't wait to see it in action. It's scary to think that this machine is only going to get faster

[Ryan Dognaux]

Thanks for posting this video. It took ~30 seconds to travel across the field, grab the tube, travel back across the field and place the tube; I see this being very realistic for a lot of teams, especially during week 1. Human players throwing tubes to midfield will significantly reduce that time though.

[Brandon Holley]

Thanks for posting a video of a most completed robot in an unawkward angle/crappy resolution!

Looks great. With some practice I'm sure you will find some success this year!

-Brando

[thefro526]

Originally Posted by Ryan Dognaux

Thanks for posting this video. It took ~30 seconds to travel across the field, grab the tube, travel back across the field and place the tube; I see this being very realistic for a lot of teams, especially during week 1. Human players throwing tubes to midfield will significantly reduce that time though.

An approximately ~30 second cycle time will probably be a good benchmark for an "average" robots. Robots that are above average will probably get to around a ~20 second cycle time, which actually doesn't seem to be all that unfeasible. We'll have a few more teams coming to our practice field throughout the week, so we'll be able to get some good measure of how long it takes us to score with obstructions. (Though I won't be able to speak for other teams)

Also, we've found that floor pickup is the way to go, since it allows you to shorten the distance that you HAVE to travel to get the tubes.

[Tetraman]

Oh boy. The one thing I forgot about when working on a team, is that feeling you get when you see a robot that does pretty much exactly what your team's robot does, but does it about 150% better - expecially when it comes to the construction and build. We need to start learning how to slim down our designs and make them less bulky.

Very nicely done. And wowzah on the full field. Good luck this year!

[robodude03]

Originally Posted by thefro526

Also, we've found that floor pickup is the way to go, since it allows you to shorten the distance that you HAVE to travel to get the tubes.

Our team is definitely leaning towards the same thought. The cycle time will be very important in terms of maximizing the number of tubes that are scored. Anyhow your bot is looking really good Dustin, I'm really liking the simplicity in design!

[rcmolloy]

When you showed me the video yesterday, I was heavily intimidated. Although, we should be up to your status by weeks end.

Nice job man. Really, I am very excited to play with you guys in Philly and Jersey!

[Dancin103]

816, it looks awesome as usual! I can not wait! Good luck in the 2011 season.

Cass

[Daniel_LaFleur]

Originally Posted by Ryan Dognaux

Thanks for posting this video. It took ~30 seconds to travel across the field, grab the tube, travel back across the field and place the tube; I see this being very realistic for a lot of teams, especially during week 1. Human players throwing tubes to midfield will significantly reduce that time though.

I see 30 seconds as unrealistic as there will be 5 more robots on the field and some of those will be playing defense. I believe 1 minute cycletimes will be closer to the norm.

I also believe that throwing in the tubes will only entice your opponents to take the tubes your human player has 'provided'

[J_Miles]

Originally Posted by Daniel_LaFleur

I see 30 seconds as unrealistic as there will be 5 more robots on the field and some of those will be playing defense. I believe 1 minute cycletimes will be closer to the norm.

Here I disagree with you. I think there will be a good number of teams who will be able to hit that 20-40 second range easily.

Originally Posted by Daniel_LaFleur

I also believe that throwing in the tubes will only entice your opponents to take the tubes your human player has 'provided'

Here, though, I entirely agree. I think that throwing tubes onto the playing field will be a brilliant strategy...sometimes. At other times, I think that it would benefit teams more to deliver directly to the robots.