27-02-2004 10:39

Joe Johnson

CRAZY MAN!

At first I thought this was a doctored photo, but close inspection and thinking about the title of the picture made me finally "get it"

Very cool hanging style.

Joe J.

01-03-2004 11:47

Will Hanashiro

Re: CRAZY MAN!

thx for the compliment... all we have to worry about now is our battery falling out and crashing to the floor... j/k

01-03-2004 18:07

Jay H 237

Re: pic: Hanging (or should I say "curling")

That's one robot that won't fall of the bar easily. Our battery is half in an aluminum tray and there's velcro straps over the top to hold it in and allow quick changes. One end of the velcro is pop riveted to the tray.

04-03-2004 17:56

dan 322

Re: CRAZY MAN!

Thanks Joe,

Yeah that was my funky idea to curl instead of pulling up. It allowed us to use the same joint for ball handling and hanging, thus eliminating some wgt. Even though I believe we are still at around 130.5 lbs at ship, A little more drilling and we'll have it. The latching mechanism was the trickey part, we only had about a pound left to design it, so that eliminated motors & air. We actually use gravity as force used to actuate the latch, since we are rotating. It seems to work well. Stop by and see us at the Great lakes or Western.

04-03-2004 18:03

Ayu

Re: CRAZY MAN!

neat!... looks kinda crazy... robots working out

04-03-2004 20:10

chocolateluvrlr

Re: CRAZY MAN!

i feel stupid but i dont really understand how thats working...can u post a pic of the robot not on the bar like in its normal form?

04-03-2004 20:53

Will Hanashiro

Re: CRAZY MAN!

yo chocolateluvrlr, we've posted three other pics of our robot, all posted on 2-26-04 by dan 322. basically what's happening is our body is rotating around the arm, powered by two fischer motors.

04-03-2004 21:01

KenWittlief

Re: pic: Hanging (or should I say "curling")

WHOA! did I miss something in the rules?

do we get extra points for altitiude?

that gives me the willies seeing your bot that far off the ground

and downside up

hope you have your team number on the bottom of your robot :c)

06-03-2004 22:25

dan 322

Re: pic: Hanging (or should I say "curling")

Good Idea, i think we should put our numbers on the bottom. Our a sign that says "If you can read this, we just scored 50"

06-03-2004 22:51

tkwetzel

Re: pic: Hanging (or should I say "curling")

If so, a few teams at VCU would have gotten crazy points compared to everyone else.