01-03-2004 15:06

Greg Perkins

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...thats the face i made when i saw it...
... i even had the sweat shooting out of my head.

01-03-2004 15:08

Andy Baker

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Whoa... awesome robot. One mega-useful arm, and then another simple arm. Very nice. Is it safe to assume that there is a swerve drive system under the side panels?

Also... I see that there is a seat motor out on the end of the arm. Is this for "rolling" the balls into a gripper?

Andy B.

01-03-2004 15:10

Andy Grady

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Well...the angle the robot sits at in the picture tends to not give away the secrets that they hold, but is anyone else extremely nervous about the purpose of that long arm (which doesn't look to be involved with the big ball grip in any way). Beautiful robot guys.

Good Luck,
Andy Grady

01-03-2004 15:15

JAH

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That is just awesome! I can't wait to see your robot in action! Great job, 111!

01-03-2004 15:16

Tyler Olds

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Very nice guys, wouldn't expect less from the world champs.

Can you trigger the bonus ball? Also can you hang from the bar from the carpet?? If so you guys are very well off.

01-03-2004 15:23

Will Hanashiro

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the robot looks kinda mischivious to me... like its holding a can of spray paint about to spray the wall... j/k

really... well done and i cant wait to see it in action

01-03-2004 15:29

Stephen Kowski

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I agree....maybe if we could see a better angle of the arm we might be able to tell what exactly it will do....ill wait for the video....

I dunno, the backend of that arm looks to have some movement abilities, and might be able to grip a ball too...I wouldn't be surprised if 111 tried to do everything this year (as if that is some huge change)

01-03-2004 15:32

Paul H

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There it is! I'm with Andy, what kind of drive is in there?

By the way, nice job!

01-03-2004 15:42

Greg Perkins

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omg, i was so drenched in sweat from my earlier post i forgot to congratulate you guys!
CONGRATS!

01-03-2004 16:39

ngreen

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If it is as tough of a bot as you had last year you are in good standing.

I don't think they are doing everything but darn close. I have a feeling they have some awesome way to handle the small balls but I can figure it out yet. I don't see anything to grab the mobile goal. I'm probably missing something though. Good luck it looks great.

01-03-2004 17:05

Jeremiah Johnson

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Nice job guys. I hope that this year we are teamed up as your alliance. If so then we would be an awesome duo.

I believe that that back "arm" or whatever it is has to do with picking up a big ball. The extended arm is for grabbing the bar, from the ground. Although I don't see an mechanism for herding the balls.

Looks awesome guys. Good luck

01-03-2004 17:05

tiffany34990

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once again wildstang awesome bot-- u guys always look cool--- GREAT JOB!!
I love that arm- neato

01-03-2004 17:23

team222badbrad

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Great robot. Its looks to me as if their big ball gripper can be unhooked from their arm and stored in the back. Apparently that seat motor does the unlatching??????

01-03-2004 17:51

ahmed

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nice robot

does it go up the platform?

01-03-2004 19:14

J Flex 188

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looks pretty awesome guys. love the always prevalent tye dye theme. really unique shape and chassis among any that have been posted on CD so far!

01-03-2004 19:17

Hinkel Y.

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Your bot looks sweet! Again, your team never dissapoints me... Good luck on your competitions!

01-03-2004 20:04

Austin

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Awesome robot. Amazing machining, as always. You guys never fail to impress me.

What kind of ground clearance do you have? .5"? Looks super low, very good idea!

01-03-2004 20:14

Frank L.

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You guys have done it again...great looking bot. Hope to have the chance alliance with you someday, rather than against...Either way...always a lot of fun and exciting. Good luck in the regionals. See you at Nats.

01-03-2004 20:28

Matt_Kaplan1902

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One of their team engineers was down in FL last week and he was telling us about the robot. I was scared before, but now that I have seen the pic, im in near shock.

01-03-2004 20:43

shawny963

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Awesome bot wildstang, once again. We will be seeing you at Midwest again, good luck. Hopefully we can both make it to the finals again and maybe pair up this time. See you at Northwestern.

01-03-2004 21:05

D@ve

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Nice clean look guys. Very impresed every year. Can't wait to see her in action at Nats.

D@VE

01-03-2004 21:10

Swampcoder2

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Odds are, they sense the beacon, pluck the 10pt ball off the pipe, grab the goal, take 10pt ball to human player while using their sides as flaps to herd balls, use same grabber arm to pluck the 2x ball off goal, release goal, use other arm to go hang on bar with 2x ball in hand - all during autonomous mode. The truss of the hanging arm allows it to pivot while hanging to decide which tall goal to place the 2x ball. Same drive system as last year which is very effective at hearding balls if it doesn't find the 2x ball on the goal during autonomous mode.

01-03-2004 21:54

Arefin Bari

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yes Wildstangs bot does go up the ramp...

sorry wildstang for answering the question...

Thanks DAN for coming down to our shop...

01-03-2004 22:43

Tytus Gerrish

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im affraid, verry affraid

Awesome machine guys i hope i get to download the cad files

01-03-2004 23:17

JVN

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Looks great guys!
Really impressive as usual.

Ya know Mike, for a full robot reveal this picture sure lacks detail.

Can't wait to see it in action, and find out what it's really capable of.


So... one national champ down. Two to go...
Let's see something from 65 and 469!

John

02-03-2004 01:16

Mike Soukup

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Time to answer some questions

Pretty good assumption.

Two for two. Baker is on a roll.

Wait for the video

I don't know the exact number, but it's close to that.

Wait for the video wise guy

I agree. Any pictures Ken?

Thanks everyone for the nice comments. It's fun to see everyone get excited about our bot. Now lets see other teams' pictures.

02-03-2004 15:25

mzitz2k

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Wildstangs have done it again!

Wow, I think this will be a force to be reckoned with - just like last year! I will definitely be stopping by your pits again to talk at GLR. I cannot wait to see video of your machine, but I am definitely expecting some surprises. I must admit that I was a bit suprised that I saw pneumatics on this year's machine, I believe you only used a cylinder last year for your "skid mode" for driving. By the way, nice looking field.

You know what they say about them Wildstang machines....

Since you can't beat 'em, you better join 'em!

Good luck this upcoming season and make sure to stop by 302's pit some time on Thursday at GLR!