31-05-2005 14:18

the_undefined

Re: pic: Vex Triple Play

Hey, my team is going to do exactly the same this week. We mainly do it because we want to play around with the Camera and decided that doing it with the vex kid might be way less dangerous than with a 120 pound Robot .

How did your caping work out?

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Felix

31-05-2005 15:43

Ian Curtis

Re: pic: Vex Triple Play

Wow that looks like great fun. I personally am going to bookmark this thread so next year I can see if the Vex field looks anything like this.

31-05-2005 21:40

Re: pic: Vex Triple Play

Actually, I talked with one of the Vex guys at the demo at Champs and he clearly stated that Vex is NOT about copying previous FIRST games. They will have unique games just like Lego League.

31-05-2005 21:59

crazykid234

Re: pic: Vex Triple Play

It caps just like the FRC robots with a similar grabber. It takes a little time to get used to it, but I can get about 3 tetras in 2 minutes. (note: I have crummy batteries to deal with)

Thanks everyone for the kind words!

01-06-2005 01:46

SizzelChest330

Re: pic: Vex Triple Play

Wow thats pretty sweet
Im glad im not the only one that builds robots with Knex

01-06-2005 10:43

tiffany34990

Re: pic: Vex Triple Play

looks way cool!! seem to look better as a smaller version..you can now always do a lot of protyping with vex..who knows what crazy games they'll throw out for the Vex teams...

great job again!

01-06-2005 15:53

suneel112

Re: pic: Vex Triple Play

that's pretty cool. K'nex is awesome, and I have over 5000 pieces of them (probably closer to 4000, since a few got lost ). The only problem is that K'nex can only make right angles, but it seems you have solved the problem.

01-06-2005 16:08

crazykid234

Re: pic: Vex Triple Play

I used rubber bands at the apex wrapped around all three pieces. It isn't perfect, but it's alot cheaper than making some real connectors out of plastic or something.

01-06-2005 17:39

Lil' Lavery

Re: pic: Vex Triple Play

Really cool idea, looks like a lot of fun. 116 is running a mini-vex game at several outreach events, and we considered doing that, but it invloves a lot more effort than a game that can be played with "square-bots" without arms. So we did something very similar to the pit challenge they were running at championships.