30-01-2006 11:07

Greg Perkins

Re: pic: Team 237 2006

is this the vex bot for 2002? haha looks....good, even though its just a bunch of rods!

30-01-2006 12:43

Billfred

Re: pic: Team 237 2006

Interesting.

Can anyone figure out why the rods are in that clover-esque shape?

30-01-2006 12:51

Pat McCarthy

Re: pic: Team 237 2006

I would assume that it would be to have the balls stack into the hopper in a predictable fashion.

30-01-2006 13:33

Greg Ross

Re: pic: Team 237 2006

My guess it that the rods are in a circular pattern where they are mounted, but the outward pressure from the stacked balls creates the clover pattern at the top.

30-01-2006 15:11

artdutra04

Re: pic: Team 237 2006

This is what it appears to be, more or less. When you put the balls into the top of this ball hopper, they will sort themselves into four vertical columns, either automatically or via some interior automatic sorter.

Otherwise, it looks really good.

May I ask what size rods those are? They look like 1/4" or 3/8", but I might be wrong.

30-01-2006 16:02

Ted Boucher

Re: pic: Team 237 2006

riddle time...

Eye candy is cool
oranges can be moved by tubes
teasers are like waldo .. very tricky

lol.. there should be a better teaser soon

30-01-2006 16:09

artdutra04

Re: pic: Team 237 2006

Aaarrrggghhh... must... refrain... from... thinking... about... riddles... Brain... still... hurts... from... Dave's... "hints"...



Edit: Well that worked well.

Maybe it's because I stumbled across this website; as it seems like it does a really good job of getting you to think clearly. (Except for the fact that after listening to it a few times all I can think of now is 3.14159265358979323846264338327950288...)

Anyway, on to the hint! Oranges can be peeled, and then pulled apart into ten self-contained sections/carpels. Also, can this mean that somewhere in the picture is an object which may be of importance? Can the furnace switch near the bench grinder or the words on the joystick be of some importance? Just a thought...