14-02-2003 16:57

Rick

lemme guess. ANOTHER ARM! who would have thought that RAGE of all teams would use an arm. Just watch that CG cause we wouldn't want you tipping over again.

2000: http://www.firstrobotics.net/00gallery/173-2.jpg

2002: http://www.firstrobotics.net/02gallery/173-1.jpg

14-02-2003 17:31

PyroPhin

Rage? using an arm?!

wow.. im besides myself with total suprise!

imagine if.. next they center it on a small rectangular base or something?

Psshh.. the suspense is killing me!
>>; )

~Pyro

15-02-2003 18:20

mav

I just got back for the UTC scrimmage and rage was one of the only good robots there and yes their robot does have an arm

15-02-2003 20:08

Kyle Fenton

Does anybody have any pics of the UTC scrimmage? I was @ the Quincy scrimmage, and have some pics, if you want it.

15-02-2003 21:47

Gadget470

*notes the "2001" labeled on the motor itself*

16-02-2003 08:46

Jason Haaga

A motor is a motor, and for a practice bot it doesn't need to be exactly kit. Ironically the mount is very much like the 2001, but that wasn't really intended with the motor.

As for pictures, I know a whole bunch were taken along with a lot of video. We'll have some up in the next couple days (as soon as Joel and I track it all down). We'd love any pics/video you have from Quincy.

Lastly, about CG, it's touching you'd be so concerned, but it's significantly lower (and the arm is rather light this year). So thanks, but you don't need to worry about us

16-02-2003 10:42

Solace

oh come on, we weren't that bad....

16-02-2003 18:37

mav

Your right you weren't bad but RAGE was the only one who really stick out to me

17-02-2003 01:29

WernerNYK

Heh... yes RAGE did well; I attribute that to finishing their building early because they go with a very similar design each year and they dont spend as much time planning a chassis as most other teams do. So they also have time do some driver training... it seemed they had quite a bit of "operator" training for the arms, at least.

BUT... *ahem* I do believe that 190 (in our "driveline-only" state) had the highest QP of any match that I saw

17-02-2003 01:59

ahecht

And we would've done better if it weren't for our battery connector arc welding itself together, and our battery coming loose, and our chains popping.

We still have a few surprises in store for you guys!

17-02-2003 14:05

Ianworld

RAGE i think we have an arm to compete with yours. 9 feet long, 3 joints, strong as a bull(lifted our robot off the ground), and fast(90 degrees in 1 second for each joint). but no practice.... it was just finished today so we're doomed.

I'm curious though, how do you guys deal with your arm getting hit. our arm is tough, but a robot going at full speed into the end of it is going to break it. Do you just have extras or something?

17-02-2003 14:48

EvanG

For the fact that our drivers drove the bot after having it on the floor for only 5 minutes, literally, i think they did a good job too. That's not to brag of course. Every team at the UTC scrimmage did good.

It was certainly a learning experience to see that our bot could mantain its structure after being involved in the back of a truck that was rear ended at 30mph on the way there, have a broken arm fixed in a record 5 minutes, flip itself over while on its side and its back, and all at a shockingly low weight for our team. Expect to see us running hard with the competition in the regional.

Good luck, everyone make good use of your extended shipping deadlines.

17-02-2003 19:34

Solace

I think that maybe the reason why they were dismantling it yesterday and putting in new axles.......

17-02-2003 19:48

Joel J

Courtesy of JeffR (Ogre), courtesy of Tom Schindler, we have a picture of this year's robot uploaded to our site. You can view it here: http://rage173.org/photo.php?catid=1...le&photoid=106

As to breaking our hands, we are replacing our aluminum shaft with one made of steel, and our actual hands are made from steel. Just like at the scrimmage, the robot will spin before the hands break, if it takes a high velocity or power filled hit, and if our driver sees the robot spinning, he knows to retract the hands. We will have spare hands just in case, however. The part that broke on our robot at the scrimmage, as Rob said, was a steel sprocket on the left side of our arm, that allowed our wrist to rotate up and down (useful when stacking, thus it didn't affect us at the scrimmage).. and when I say it broke, I mean it broke.