23-02-2003 21:17

ngreen

nice wings. can the bot make it under the bar with the wings down? It is pretty wide. how fast do the wings go up and down? They look nice for autonomous mode.

23-02-2003 21:19

Clanat

It looks like the wings can be pulled in straight, letting them still go under the bar. Looks good!

23-02-2003 21:32

Jack

the wings drop in about 3.5 seconds

PS: I'd like to point out that the bot is sitting on the goal from 2002

23-02-2003 22:06

Jeff Waegelin

Thanks for the compliments, guys. I'm glad you like our 'bot. As for any info, it's classified...

23-02-2003 22:16

srawls

Am I right in assuming those are suction cups on the far left and right of your wings? If so, it appears to be quite an intricate system of surgical tubing used to actuate them. May I ask how it works?

Overall, it looks like a great robot! A King of the hill 'bot, with the capability to herd crates and play normally without sitting on top for 1:45 seconds.

Good job!
Stephen

23-02-2003 22:28

Jack

nope, they aren't suction cups. They're just wood.

And, while i'm not going to exactly say how the flippers work (mostly because I couldn't write it ), the surgical tubing really isn't used except to keep the flappers from going down too far.

BTW: For our driver tryouts, the only thing we're testing for is to see who can play cards the best. They'll never need to touch the sticks.

24-02-2003 01:58

WakeZero

<laughs>

I don't care how good of an autonomous mode a team has, they will still need a good driver

24-02-2003 02:06

Eric Bareiss

I don't think your 8 caster drive system is going to cut it.

24-02-2003 02:14

yangotang

LOL

Great Bot.

24-02-2003 09:16

Jeff Waegelin

Yeah, we know. Ideally, most of the time, the drivers won't need to do anything. When something changes, though, they'll be more important than ever. The cards thing is just a joke. We know what can happen, and we're ready.

And what's this about 8 caster drive? Did I miss something?


EDIT: Oh.... I got it.... the goal.... 8 caster drive, oh man...

24-02-2003 09:36

Tony

To me, the FEDS have always been the Little Black Box O' Death...

and now you have wings...


...excellent...

Great looking bot, will be as sleek as always in all black -- as always.

Look forward to seeing it in action at Midwest.


aTm

24-02-2003 09:51

RogerR

what the???

Are those little devices at the end of the wings "feet" that drop down to hold the bot still? The only reason I noticed was because there appears to be a "soft" cover on them. If they are "feet" how do they drop, and how are they held in place?

24-02-2003 12:32

Jim Meyer

OK here's my take. The "feet" are pneumatically deployed (look, you can see the cylinders). The "wings" are unfolded with what looks like a lead screw attached to the drill motors. Looks like a very inventive method for actuating the "feet". Thy appear to flip up out of the wings 270 deg (by first drawing the cylinder in then pushing it out). I'd also guess they can transfer some, if not all of their weight to these legs (hence the use of the drill motors).

Looks very ominous to us "non-limbo" bots!

See you at Ypsilanti!

24-02-2003 15:26

Jack

Jim Meyer got it pretty good

24-02-2003 21:35

Jeff Waegelin

Hehe...that's our job....

I like the sound of that. "The Little Black Box O' Death." Maybe I'll start calling it that.