01-02-2006 19:17

Paul Copioli

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This is Team 217's wheel of "doom". Can anyone guess what it is used for (specifically)?

01-02-2006 19:17

sanddrag

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It is a hopper to store balls. That is my best guess.

01-02-2006 19:19

Tytus Gerrish

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it makes smoothies... OF DOOM!!!!

01-02-2006 19:21

pyroslev

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6 Barreled...ball collector/hopper. Revolver of Doom.

Interesting.

Edit: Top loaded by the human player, drops into the shooter and out...

01-02-2006 19:21

Tim Delles

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Paul from the look of that it looks like it is going to be feeding your shooting mechanism. If so it looks like it is a good way to keep the balls from jamming also.

01-02-2006 19:26

Leo 1529

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it looks like a hopper that may spin around...maybe...but it definately looks like a funnel to guide balls into a shooter maybe

01-02-2006 19:36

artdutra04

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The paint ball hopper of "doom"?

Since this is round, it probably involves a turret of some sorts. My guess is that the ball shooter is located below the opening, the the shooter/hopper are mounted on a turret. A ball collector off the floor sucks balls up to the top of the robot, and dumps them into the ball hopper. This way, they can continue to suck up balls regardless of their turret position. But, this is just a guess.

01-02-2006 19:59

EricH

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Noting one of Copioli's remarks earlier in build (something about "we're not going for floor loading", IIRC), I'd say human load only. Balls collect and are funneled into the shooter somehow.

01-02-2006 20:06

xzvrw2

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In my opinion
this is nothing at all
hes got you all thinking too hard
he so silly
haha
<3

01-02-2006 20:09

hayakuneko

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looks heavy...

01-02-2006 20:12

groves

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LOL it looks like a washing machine! If you turn it on spin cycle it could be your shooter. does it sort colors? What is the capacity? does it have a gentle cycle? (for the low goal)

01-02-2006 20:15

Travis Hoffman

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It's the hat Copioil's going to wear when emceeing the 2006 IRI.

01-02-2006 20:15

Andrew Blair

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I'm going with Groves, but it looks more like a clothes basket to me.

01-02-2006 20:27

Elgin Clock

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Well duh, it's obviously a vertically mounted spinning 6-chicken rotisserie that automatically drops the chicken down the chute when it's finished cooking.

I would expect nothing less from a team call the Thunder Chickens.

01-02-2006 20:57

Paul Copioli

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It has an outside diameter of 26" and the hole in the middle is about 11" in diameter. Each "slot" is 7.5" wide (wonder what goes in there?). The height is about 10.5" and the total weight with Lexan is around 5 lbs. We are using 0.062" thick aluminum sheet metal just like last year.

Eric is right ... we are NOT floor loading.


This is definitely a significant part of our robot. We feel most teams will overlook ball jamming, but not us. We are very concerned with ball jamming and this device is used to help with the jamming problem.

Have you ever looked inside a gumball machine? The gumball machine was our inspiration, but now that I look at it ... it does look like a washing machine.

-Paul

01-02-2006 21:24

Eric Scheuing

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For driving?

01-02-2006 21:37

Chriszuma

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It reminds me of a centrifuge gun, but it's missing a few elements.

02-02-2006 00:39

miketwalker

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I like it Paul, we were looking into something similar a few weeks ago. Our inspiration was this: http://rescomp.stanford.edu/~arens/ee118/mechanics.html which looks similar to what I'm guessing you're planning to do. I'm glad to see a team that has the technical resources to build something like this is doing so, because it's a great idea. Can't wait to see it in action, good luck.

02-02-2006 01:16

Alekat

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Just set it, and forget it!

02-02-2006 02:10

Heretic121

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turret... balss drop into the hole mentioned and either into the gun or down a chute to use the lower goals...

02-02-2006 11:19

Barry Bonzack

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It can be used in any room of the house, looks decorative, folds laundry, enslaves the human race, and tastes great with a slice of lemon.

02-02-2006 16:08

Lil' Lavery

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WE'RE DOOMED!!!!


My guess, a hopper of sorts. Possibly it might be able to rotate to clear ball jams (or have something rotate in it). "6-shooter" type of thing.
Notice the 6 black cylinders around the circular hole on the bottom? Roller or bearings for rotation perhaps?

02-02-2006 20:59

Greg Marra

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This + the spiral hopper = POOF BALL GUMBALL MACHINE!

03-02-2006 11:31

Sgraff_SRHS06

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Turret? Maybe. I think it's more like a gumball machine. Now, how much does a gumball cost in that sucker?