30-01-2006 16:48

Collin Fultz

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This looks good. I'm curious though. Why didn't you use the KOP frame? It seems like it would be lighter than 8020. Maybe not.

I like the gearbox. Good luck!

30-01-2006 16:50

Packmon's_girl

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I think the reason why is because the team we originally started working with used the 8020, and we find it easier to connect our diffrent things we need to it. Not to mention, we are a rookie team, and we wanted something strong, easy to work with, and we were pressured to use it.

30-01-2006 17:14

mpob

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Looks good! Your team is off to a really good start!

Keep up the hard work!


--Mike

30-01-2006 17:16

Greg Marra

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A bit of advice:

The radio doesn't really need to be mounted up high like you have it. The radios are very powerful, and mounting it with the rest of your electronics will decrease the amount of wire you need to run and make one less element you need to worry about breaking.

30-01-2006 17:23

Packmon's_girl

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They just decided to tape it up there, because it was an easy place to put it, and we take it apart every night.

30-01-2006 17:27

coldabert

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30-01-2006 17:38

greencactus3

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30-01-2006 17:40

Gdeaver

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Eliminate the spaghetti wiring. Told our team same thing on Sat.

30-01-2006 17:52

Murf the Smurf

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30-01-2006 17:57

KenWittlief

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30-01-2006 18:00

KenWittlief

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BTW, this thread raises an interesting question: what is the real 'bare minimum' for a robot this year.

If you go though all the rules, then what is the robot required to have?

the team number and name, the flag...... is anything else really required?

could you have a blob of silly putty with the flag stuck in it, with your team number on all sides, and pass inspection?

30-01-2006 18:03

devicenull

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30-01-2006 18:42

Murf the Smurf

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Do you have any plans to score points or are you planing on just defending goals and pushing balls in if you get lucky?

30-01-2006 19:51

Andy A.

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The RC, radio, backup battery, main battery, main breaker, breaker block or other associated support wiring, flag mount, and team numbers. Also, you would have to plug in your OI to enable the RC, or it would just stay disabled and the field software wouldn't know if there were 6 teams or 5 teams. This would probably be a pain in the scoring teams you know what.

These are the bare minimum things that you would need to pass inspection per the rules. A head ref might decide that you need to at least have a frame or something to bolt all that down to though. So toss in a piece of plywood.

-Andy A.

30-01-2006 20:30

KenWittlief

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30-01-2006 20:39

BlackRoboDragon

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It looks pretty good, a little more than we have at the moment, but we're moving along. I'm not sure if the wiring is supposed to be all over the place though, been told it makes it a little more difficult when fixing minor problems and the like. Plus you have to untangle some it looks like, just to figure out which goes where. The radio, I'm not all that sure, but, I don't really think it has to be vertical, if I remember right, it will send/receive signals from all angles, or however you want to put it, in more technical terms if you wish, I'm only a second year, so I don't know all the terms you people use.

30-01-2006 22:44

Ianworld

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Better than us so far, its my team's 6th year and we've yet to get anything rolling. We have grand plans and something pretty nice will come together but getting a bot out their and moving around is an important step that you're doing very well with. Keep coming up with ideas and adding to it. Its never too late to add something new. I remember a team that added a hanging device during lunch before the elimination rounds. They weren't even chosen but they kept adding things... quite determined.

31-01-2006 00:25

Alekat

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I think as a bare minimum rookies should be sure they can get up on the scoring platform. Sturdy wiring and frame will also ensure they can play defense and stay in the game.

31-01-2006 15:13

Packmon's_girl

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Ok, we will have a live bottom feeder system to pick up balls,and get them into the low goals, and we have a shooter, for the high goals, but as for the camera, we are not sure if we are going to use it.

31-01-2006 18:28

BlackRoboDragon

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I'm not sure we're going to use the cam either, all we have is the drive train and the base, we are still doing stuff to decide on for the rest of the robot, hope we get moving soon, I want to get back to work on machining parts, I find it fun, you all can handle wiring and programming, I just make the bot, and that's what I'm good at, even if my team won't quite except it.