08-02-2006 23:27

Adam Richards

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Karthik releasing a teaser?!

08-02-2006 23:30

Jonathan Norris

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Looking forward to great things from you guys again this year, your robots last year were amazing. Hopefully we will give you a better run for your money this year in Mississauga and Waterloo?

oh and do I smell a holonomic drive system with those DeWalt transmissions?

08-02-2006 23:51

KenWittlief

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I rebuilt the engine in my first car (68VW) and Im certain the motor contained less parts than that!

09-02-2006 00:39

NextPerception

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why the heck do you have the back cover off six drills???
look at the drill here if you have no idea what i am talking about

09-02-2006 00:41

Heretic121

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niagra first is 3-6 teams i belive *i want to say 3* so 2 per bot!?!?

btw cant wait to see the finished product!

09-02-2006 01:06

Cory

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Because they're only using the drill transmissions.

09-02-2006 08:54

Vince lau

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are they building triplets again

09-02-2006 09:31

Tim Delles

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Most likely. Karthik can't wait to see you guys in action.

09-02-2006 10:20

Peter Matteson

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Looks like evidence of SWERVE to me. Sprockets to turn the wheels, bearing surfaces, and mounts. 4 NBD transmissions to drive the wheels and 2 NBDs to rotate them.

Or maybe I'm just losing it and see evidence of SWERVE in every part teaser at this point.

09-02-2006 10:25

Joel Glidden

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Are those orange objects at the top of the frame - dare I say it - TAPE MEASURES?!

OH NO! It's 2002 all over again

Oh wait, there it is...

<G09> "... If any part of the ROBOT is touching the carpet, the ROBOT is not considered on the platform."

Phew! Close one!



Say.... what if you blocked your opponent's platform and used a tape measure / tether to make sure your robot couldn't be counted as "on the platform"?

09-02-2006 11:26

Holtzman

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Joel's on to something here. New for this year, the teams of NiagaraFIRST will feature a special autonomous position system which consists of the gyro to measure heading, and 4 tape measures which extend out all sides of the robot. Then using 4 independent CMU cams, we read the numbers off the tape measures, accurately acquiring our location on the field. Good catch Joel.

09-02-2006 12:13

GaryVoshol

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There is that minor inconvenience of the 60" expansion rule ...

09-02-2006 12:24

Jon K.

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Other slight issue with this is that most tape measures are metal. No metal on carpet rule. I don't have a rule book handy so I can't quote a rule but I believe its R 35ish maybe.

09-02-2006 12:26

Tristan Lall

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No metal traction devices, actually. And <R35> is the bumper rule.

09-02-2006 12:29

Jon K.

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Yes but there is a no metal touching the carpet, I could have sworn it. Anyways, I am getting my rules confused. Yesterday I was dealing with 35 a lot as we went to get our materials to make bumpers. Gotta love going into a pool place and asking for 15 pool noodles in the middle of winter. They give you really wierd looks.

09-02-2006 12:43

Joel Glidden

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Oh well. Shot down, it seems. It was just a thought that came to me as I was chuckling to myself about the 2002 tether debacle.

On a related note, is it still legal to pin an opponent on your platform for the entire match?

23-02-2006 00:01

Cory

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More amazing than the sheer quantity of robot parts is the number of tape measures visible and ready for use.

It would take a good hour long search party to find half that amount hidden around our lab.

23-02-2006 00:08

Rick TYler

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Heh. On Sunday, I found my metric tape measure which has been missing since PNW last year. I suspect a mentor toolbox (even though it had my name tape on it...)

23-02-2006 07:37

Peter Matteson

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I usually have to beat people away with tetras to get my hands on a tape measure in our shop. It's soooo unorganized, and we only have four that your never quite sure what they're under.

26-02-2006 12:43

Jonathan Norris

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When are we going to see the finished bot? haven't heard anything after ship date.

26-02-2006 14:42

Derek Bessette

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Keep your eyes pealed. There may be something coming out later this week.

26-02-2006 15:12

Jonathan Norris

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But we wanna see now! just kidding..
Looking forward to great robots from Niagara FIRST again this year.

26-02-2006 17:00

Karthik

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Don't worry, we'll have pictures up before the week 2 regionals.

27-02-2006 21:18

FourPenguins

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that's why all the cool kids ask for calipers for christmas ( i already had a tape)