12-02-2006 13:48

Alex Cormier

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sweet looking bot arefin. Wheres those omni wheels?

12-02-2006 14:01

Arefin Bari

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Thanks Alex. UMMM I like these better than the omni wheels. =)

12-02-2006 14:05

Alex Cormier

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rawr.

you guys goign for the ramp? plus how do those kit wheels in the front work?

12-02-2006 14:30

Beth Sweet

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Ooooooo, it's pretty! And colorful! Team 1504, take note, functionality and prettiness can be combined!

12-02-2006 15:34

Dan Richardson

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very nice and awesome. Are the balls you pick up from the floor able to be shot, or just the ones thrown in by the human loader?

12-02-2006 15:42

nehalita

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Yes we can drive up the ramp
The floor balls are for the corner goals
The ones thrown in by the human loader are able to be shot

Alex, which wheels are you talking about? The 4 wheels in the middle shoot out the balls from the basket loaded by the human loader. The wheels on the bottom suck in balls and spit them back out into the corner.

And everything works, so far =)

12-02-2006 15:49

Arefin Bari

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Adding to Neha's post...

We didn't feel the need of shooting more than 15 balls during one match (10 balls when you start and 5 what you get from human player, you can get more). Also the matches go by pretty fast. Let's do a calculation. Say if we put in 12 balls out of 15.. thats 36 points, say we put in 10 balls in the corner goal... thats 46, and we get up the ramp thats 51 points from one robot in the alliance. I personally think that is a lot of points being offered from one robot (not just because this is my team). I know there are teams out there who are getting ready to score more than 70, 80+ points out there. Consistency is the key.

12-02-2006 16:00

tiffany34990

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well nice to see the final robot... it was looking great from what i saw originally... but again great job to the team!! i can't wait to see you all playing at the Florida Regional. good luck!

btw i love the artwork. i wonder why. but anyrate.. who ever drew that design up...great job..hats off to you

12-02-2006 16:08

Laura 1547

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Beth is right, it is colourful! And it looks really good. I wish I could see it in action

p.s. I'm not happy about all the green grass and trees in the background...no fair!!

12-02-2006 16:19

Rohith Surampudi

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thats an awesome looking robot, but when you are on the ramp do you risk a tip over if you get hit or bump into something,

12-02-2006 16:23

Arefin Bari

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No we don't, we distributed the weight well.

12-02-2006 16:34

nehalita

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man, we should have put all of us in the pic too to show you our attires... t-shirts, shorts, flip flops... oh wait, that just makes it worse, doesn't it?

side note: the camera works too! (thanks to a lot of help)

12-02-2006 16:50

d.courtney

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nice very nice... how are you getting the balls up from the sweeper to the top, or am i missing something?

12-02-2006 16:51

nehalita

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nope, the mechanisms are separate. The sweeper sucks in the balls and spits them out to the corner. The basket at the top takes in balls and shoots them. They aren't connected

12-02-2006 17:13

slickguy2007

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I see that the balls are fed from the storage area up top to a queing area leading to the shooter. Do those balls get stuck at all? Great job on the robot, can't wait to see you at the competitions.

GO 1403!!!

12-02-2006 17:15

Arefin Bari

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Nope... they don't get stuck, we had that problem of getting stuck at the end of week 2. But we figured out the problems and made a track where the ball sits in and funnels down to one ball.

12-02-2006 17:24

Alex Cormier

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arefin arefin arefin. got videos?

12-02-2006 17:26

Arefin Bari

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Got few of them... but they are all from week 2 and 3 (with the ugly bot), I am going to get a video done either tommorrow or tuesday, and share it with the community.

12-02-2006 17:27

Eric Scheuing

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Very interesting. Any videos of it shooting?

I see a CMUcam.

12-02-2006 17:46

nehalita

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see post above. asap, promise.

yes the cam is up. we'll test the auto code and some other spiffy functions tomorrow that have to do with the camera. =)

12-02-2006 17:47

mizscience

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that is a very sexy bot. and very well put together. awesome job you guys!

12-02-2006 19:31

Tytus Gerrish

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sweet. 6Wd Forever!

12-02-2006 19:34

Kim Masi

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Looks great you guys, how are you doing for wieght?

12-02-2006 19:39

nehalita

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according to our skewed scale, we are under 120

our scale tends to read more than we really are so we'll find out for sure this sunday. But we are 95% sure there is no problem.

12-02-2006 19:58

dubious elise

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Sweet machine 'Fin and Neha! I presume the wheels were for this bot then, right?

12-02-2006 19:59

Unholy

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Awesome job. Truly awesome

12-02-2006 20:02

nehalita

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Yes those wheels were for this bot. THANK YOU!

12-02-2006 20:56

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Saweeeeet arefin wow great job that looks really cool

-Court-

12-02-2006 20:56

DarMagi

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6 wheel drive shooter, a giant box-looking hopper, awesome design, good one to ya Arefin, look forward to seeing it in action =], btw, im like tired and looking at this picture, what is the accuracy like, and i didnt see a camera =] peace

12-02-2006 21:01

nehalita

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i lack photoshop so i used ms paint.

12-02-2006 21:30

Rohan_DHS

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great job guys good luck during the comp's

12-02-2006 23:48

Alekat

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Do you have problems with balls bouncing out of your ball-catcher?

12-02-2006 23:50

Arefin Bari

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We used to have problems when we had plywood, cardboard, and signs over there until we replaced it with 1/16th lexan. It works better than before. It doesn't bounce out as much. But Neha says it still bounces out.

12-02-2006 23:54

Bharat Nain

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Arefin, Neha and the rest of 1345, congratulations on the boombox. When you told me about your plans I was confident you'd pull off a great bot. Nice job - I am impressed. I am VERY jealous of the weather though. Come here and help me shovel.

13-02-2006 03:33

Rombus

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No offense, but you made a mobile Sizing Device! How much clearance do you have? Looks good! Cant wait to see how it operates!

13-02-2006 04:34

LightWaves1636

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cool, I like the hopper, easier for humun elements to throw balls into, us? we have a 8 by 25' hole.

15-02-2006 20:40

Arefin Bari

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As I promised before, here is a video of the robot.. Enjoy...

... keep in mind that the video isn't completely done, students are working hard to get a documentary done for the 6 weeks of build season. As soon as they are done, it will be on Platinum Dragon's website. After the submission date, I will post a link to the Platinum Dragon's website.

15-02-2006 20:51

Scott Shaw 237

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looking very good! I enjoyed the video, very cool guys.

15-02-2006 21:05

Bharat Nain

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That's fast. Looks like a great bot adding to the competition in FIRST this year.
-Bharat

15-02-2006 21:22

slickguy2007

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Wow Arefin/Nehalita. I must say that you and your crew did a great job on the robot. I am thoroughly impressed with what I saw on the video. It seems as though your team is definitely headed in the right direction. Good luck and congratulations on the great robot!

GO 1345!!!

15-02-2006 21:49

tiffany34990

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great job again. i really like the design. simple and works. great job! keep up the good work. see you all in a few weeks.

thx for putting up the video

17-02-2006 22:40

Swampdude

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Good Job guys, can't wait to see it tommorow!

17-02-2006 22:44

lil' kim

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reminds me of one of those basketball games you see on the midway at a fair or something.

18-02-2006 15:14

lil_longo

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if its a boom box does it play music

23-02-2006 19:19

imax48236

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Great design, nice artwork. We figured that it would be too difficult to score in the corner goals, hope it works for you.

Good luck!

23-02-2006 19:24

Arefin Bari

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The boombox scores in the corner goal as well as the center goal.

23-02-2006 19:33

nehalita

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do you really want me to sing? (unanimous recommendation: no)