13-02-2005 15:07

Alex Cormier

Re: pic: Not your typical chassis (team 820)

is that some kiwi-drive bot? sweet looking. yes the usual Q, whats the weight?

13-02-2005 15:28

Pi Is Exactly 3

Re: pic: Not your typical chassis (team 820)

That looks battle-bot-ish. Very cool.

13-02-2005 16:17

JKnox

Re: pic: Not your typical chassis (team 820)

Our chassis is about 70 pounds and our total weight is 113 pounds.

13-02-2005 18:29

phrontist

Re: pic: Not your typical chassis (team 820)

We've got two more sides :-)

13-02-2005 22:38

pakrat

Re: pic: Not your typical chassis (team 820)

Wow, what kind of drive system does that use??

13-02-2005 23:59

Wetzel

Re: pic: Not your typical chassis (team 820)

Probally something like 857 used in 2002. Video Here
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/at...tachmentid=710
(Its an attachment from another thread, for lack of better solution, linked it. Fix if better another way)

Wetzel

14-02-2005 20:56

JKnox

Re: pic: Not your typical chassis (team 820)

Good Guess. Our bot's a pure-bread killough and the shape gives it away, but when it's on the ground you can't see the wheels, which will hopefully suprise some people.

14-02-2005 21:01

Max Lobovsky

Re: pic: Not your typical chassis (team 820)

Pure bread? As opposed to a half-breed with 4 wheels I assume? We will just have to see who the half-breed is....

14-02-2005 21:04

Kyle

Re: pic: Not your typical chassis (team 820)

That looks really cool, and it does look like some of the old battle bots. how thick is the sheet metal?

14-02-2005 21:19

JKnox

Re: pic: Not your typical chassis (team 820)

The sheet metal is aluminum about an 1/8" thick I think. We made a lot of bends and cuts to fasten it all together into a very strong shape. We were thinking of using lexan, but weren't too sure how strong it would be for side panels.

14-02-2005 21:21

OneAngryDaisy

Re: pic: Not your typical chassis (team 820)

Ahh, another beautiful killough drive system, I always wanted to build one- are you guys using three joysticks like 857 did or is there some mad programming going on?

14-02-2005 22:32

JKnox

Re: pic: Not your typical chassis (team 820)

There is some MAAAAAD programming going on. Our programmers are excellent and they have a neat configuration for steering our robot. The only problem they have now is accounting for weight distribution based on where our arm is. We don't have sensors so this might be kind of tricky for them.