23-02-2005 18:54

pakrat

Re: pic: Team 33 - Buzz 10

Its very nice looking. How many can Buzz hold before they fall out?

23-02-2005 18:56

Eric Yahrmatter

Re: pic: Team 33 - Buzz 10

The most we've tried is four in the holder and one in the claw, and they seem to stay in pretty well.

23-02-2005 18:59

pakrat

Re: pic: Team 33 - Buzz 10

That's a pretty good number, and so far the best tetra holder i've seen.

23-02-2005 19:08

Paul H

Re: pic: Team 33 - Buzz 10

Wait until you see it drive....you might say it's not your average Killer Bees drivetrain

23-02-2005 19:10

Ryan Dognaux

Re: pic: Team 33 - Buzz 10

Woah, is that a roller of some kind I see on the side there?

Can't wait to see it in action, you guys always have great bots.

23-02-2005 19:27

Eric Yahrmatter

Re: pic: Team 33 - Buzz 10

Thanks, and yes it is a roller.

23-02-2005 19:33

Pi Is Exactly 3

Re: pic: Team 33 - Buzz 10

What's the roller made out of?

23-02-2005 19:39

Eric Yahrmatter

Re: pic: Team 33 - Buzz 10

A solid aluminum rod with tapped holes at each end.

23-02-2005 19:39

sanddrag

Re: pic: Team 33 - Buzz 10

I bet the roller is not part of the drive system but rather an anti-tipping device.

23-02-2005 19:43

Eric Yahrmatter

Re: pic: Team 33 - Buzz 10

You guessed right. We also have small wheels on the front and rear that serve the same purpose.

23-02-2005 19:44

Pi Is Exactly 3

Re: pic: Team 33 - Buzz 10

Ah ok, that's what I was lookin for. As long as its not a part of the drive train, its ok. Looks great you guys. I love the hive look. Very cool.

23-02-2005 19:47

pakrat

Re: pic: Team 33 - Buzz 10

what about the arm? Does it extend, or just have those joints?

23-02-2005 19:48

Eric Yahrmatter

Re: pic: Team 33 - Buzz 10

No, it does not extend. However, it has a maximum height of over 10 feet from the floor.

23-02-2005 19:52

Paul H

Re: pic: Team 33 - Buzz 10

The roller is not what I was talking about when I mentioned the drive....guess again!


The arm only articulates at the two joints, and last I heard it's about a 10 foot reach.


...Eric beat me to the arm comment

23-02-2005 19:56

Quatitos

Re: pic: Team 33 - Buzz 10

It looks pretty cool, and its also a very interesting way to hold the tetras on the robot. We hold ours upside down on our robot too, but we don't have our stack tilted it all. The most we have tried in our basket/cradle/tetra holder thing is 6, but when we do that we make sure to have our arm hold it down so none fall out because we haven't tried it without holding them in yet. Also, how do you put yours in there? Do you use human player or auto?

Can't wait to see you at great lakes and anticipating a very good game from team 33

23-02-2005 19:58

Eric Yahrmatter

Re: pic: Team 33 - Buzz 10

We can use both human player and auto, but we probably will use the auto loader more.

23-02-2005 20:50

Ben Lauer

Re: pic: Team 33 - Buzz 10

Leave it to team 33 to try and hold as many field elements a possible (remember last year?!?!!)

Good job guys, looks like you have another strong competitive bot.

23-02-2005 23:08

Eric Yahrmatter

Re: pic: Team 33 - Buzz 10

Here's a clue: both window motors are hidden in the chassis.

03-04-2005 12:35

Mike33

Re: pic: Team 33 - Buzz 10

ok, i saw a thread asking for pictures of our robot and followed this link in another reply. however, the robot has changed for anyone who was at the Detroit and West Michigan regionals. since our drive train and arm are so modular, we made some distinct changes. as soon as our webmast uploads all of our pictures to the web site, ill update this thread once again so you can see our robot. or you can try and see us at Nat's.

03-04-2005 12:43

Beth Sweet

Re: pic: Team 33 - Buzz 10

Holy wow! What an improvement from what I saw of 33 at GLR! This machine was just fantastic at WMR. I was so impressed.

On a side note, thank you so much to 33. You guys went above and beyond the call of GP to help us out this weekend and we really appreciated it.

03-04-2005 14:45

thoughtful

Re: pic: Team 33 - Buzz 10

Come on guys, i know pictures are worth a thousand words;however, Videos are better!

I was amazed by your robot last year, it had everything, a super drivetrain, a ball holder and a hanging device. It looks like you guys have done it again. This robot looks amazing and very effective.

03-04-2005 15:29

Re: pic: Team 33 - Buzz 10

does it have omni drive?

18-04-2005 21:14

Mike33

Re: pic: Team 33 - Buzz 10

OK, this post was a little old, but i would like to announce that our photo section of our web page has been updated with a few photos. www.ndprep.org/robotics hope you see the pic you want. good luck at nationals!

18-04-2005 23:29

Paul H

Re: pic: Team 33 - Buzz 10

It did, but due to a few problems with the swerve motors not being powerful enough, the crab drive was swapped for a normal skid steer at the Detroit regional.

Stop by the 33 pits in Atlanta and check out the modular drive display, it's pretty cool. Basically, 4 bolts and 2 wire connections and the whole drive system can be changed.

The picture below is the best picture on the Killer Bees website of the new gripper. I'm posting it here because they're huge on the site, I made it smaller so it'll load faster for all you dial up users. Anyways, this picture is from Detroit, and the gripper has since been changed AGAIN, but it's the same basic design. The only difference is the middle finger is active, allowing it to load from the auto loader without moving the arm at all. There were talks of modifying the middle finger to once again store tetras, but I'm not sure what happened with that.

19-04-2005 16:35

Shadowmage

Re: pic: Team 33 - Buzz 10

I remember u guys from Western Michigan Regionals! You guys did very well

19-04-2005 20:18

Re: pic: Team 33 - Buzz 10

I'm excited to see you guys perform again. Leave it to 33 to build another superb robot!

27-04-2005 21:47

Davey H

Re: pic: Team 33 - Buzz 10

yeah since Detroit we've done both of those modifications
now the two side prongs of the pitchfork fold in using pnuematics, this really helps because it allows us to pick up tetras from in side the robot, which saves alot of time because we dont have to go back to the loader to get a new tetra every time we cap

27-04-2005 22:52

Matt_Kaplan1902

Re: pic: Team 33 - Buzz 10

You guys had one amazing robot this year and it was an honor to work alongside you and Buzz in Atlanta.