27-02-2006 21:04

Joel J

Re: pic: Team 33 - Buzz XI

Your robot is on my list!

What are the details?

27-02-2006 21:08

FourPenguins

Re: pic: Team 33 - Buzz XI

nice decals
btw, is that surgical tubing?

27-02-2006 21:12

Mr.Fahrenheit

Re: pic: Team 33 - Buzz XI

The specs... its fast, shoots balls fast and on target, sucks them off the ground, and can store a good number of them (30ish)

no... its like a plastic cord stuff.... don't know the technical name

27-02-2006 21:14

Eric Yahrmatter

Re: pic: Team 33 - Buzz XI

Chassis: 6wd, 3 speed (Dewalts), powered by the 2 minibike motors (one on each side)

Ball elevator: 2 chips, nubs on top to inject balls into the shooter, opens to allow balls to be picked up off floor

Ball shooter: 2 chips, uses wheelchair wheel to launch approximately 3 balls every 2 seconds

Ball sorter: 6 chamber, rotating ball hopper capable of holding around 40 balls, blade inside to stir balls and persuade them to fall into one of the 6 chambers, trapdoor and chute on front to send balls to shooter to be scored

27-02-2006 21:14

Joe J.

Re: pic: Team 33 - Buzz XI

Thats a sweet looking robot!
See you guys at Great Lakes.

27-02-2006 21:15

Paul H

Re: pic: Team 33 - Buzz XI

Lookin good as usual guys.

27-02-2006 21:16

henryBsick

Re: pic: Team 33 - Buzz XI

Nice looking machine as always from the Killer Bees.
How do the balls in the hopper get to the shooter? And does the hopper actuate so you can score 1 pointers?

27-02-2006 21:18

Alex Cormier

Re: pic: Team 33 - Buzz XI

Totally impressive guys and could not expect anything less. see ya at champs!

27-02-2006 21:19

Eric Yahrmatter

Re: pic: Team 33 - Buzz XI

The front of the hopper (nearest to the elevator) has a trapdoor and a chute which allows one ball at a time to exit the hopper and be sucked into the elevator by the rear belt. Sorry, no 1 pointers.

27-02-2006 21:28

Tom Bottiglieri

Re: pic: Team 33 - Buzz XI

It's PolyCord, available from www.smallparts.com

The stuff's great, we finally got around to using it this year. Expensive though...

27-02-2006 21:36

Alex Cormier

Re: pic: Team 33 - Buzz XI

Where you guys headed to?

27-02-2006 21:37

Eric Yahrmatter

Re: pic: Team 33 - Buzz XI

Great Lakes, Detroit, Grand Rapids, and Nationals

27-02-2006 21:40

Mullen

Re: pic: Team 33 - Buzz XI

Looking good as always 33. I can't wait to see this first hand in Detroit.

27-02-2006 21:45

Tim Delles

Re: pic: Team 33 - Buzz XI

Very nice bot.

Now are the wheels 8 or 6 inch?

27-02-2006 21:46

Eric Yahrmatter

Re: pic: Team 33 - Buzz XI

Custom made 8 inch wheels

27-02-2006 21:54

Billfred

Re: pic: Team 33 - Buzz XI

I like it.

Just out of curiosity, what led to the decision to go with the DeWalts over your legendary four-speed?

(internal thought: three speeds or four, it's still going to kick butt.)

27-02-2006 21:56

Alex Cormier

Re: pic: Team 33 - Buzz XI

that was the first thing to poped in my head, as SparX adopted the famous 4-Speed Tranny and loved it. Why change it?

27-02-2006 22:01

Eric Yahrmatter

Re: pic: Team 33 - Buzz XI

The Dewalt was what we needed this year: it has the ratios we need and is a good fit for the minibike motors. It was an easier and lighter solution than the 4 speed this time around.

27-02-2006 22:03

Mr.G

Re: pic: Team 33 - Buzz XI

Very nice looking robot. Good Luck, you guys are a great team.

27-02-2006 22:42

Eldarion

Re: pic: Team 33 - Buzz XI

That's some innovative and amazing engineering there!

What led you to that idea?

27-02-2006 22:49

Nuttyman54

Re: pic: Team 33 - Buzz XI

Team 971 did also, with excellent results. That was some impressive engineering there. great job and excellent white paper! Looks to be a formidable robot. See you at Champs!

28-02-2006 11:53

kjohnson

Re: pic: Team 33 - Buzz XI

The first thing that popped into my head when the game was announced was 33's robot from 2004. I was hoping you would use that design again because I was interested to see how you would incorporate a shooter.

28-02-2006 13:26

Mr.Fahrenheit

Re: pic: Team 33 - Buzz XI

Inspiration came from some child toy air guns and some old robots of ours

28-02-2006 14:20

Josh Murphy

Re: pic: Team 33 - Buzz XI

hey it is a nice looking machine and looks like it will be very competitive i was wondering if you guys were going to use something similar to 04's robot and it is pretty similar and is very creative. well good luck and see you at EMU, Detroit, Grand Rapids and Atlanta yeah we're with you guys all the way but good luck.

28-02-2006 14:45

CatchRothy22

Re: pic: Team 33 - Buzz XI

I'm lovin the detailed hopper, fits your team name nicely

We have the same concept on the ball picker-upper, you might wanna cover that up with something light so nothing from other robots gets caught in your bands.

28-02-2006 15:04

Don Wright

Re: pic: Team 33 - Buzz XI

No offense, but telling the Killer Bees they should do something is like telling Micheal Jordan how to dunk a basketball (or Lebron James for you young'ens who don't know who Michael Jordan is)...

The robot looks beautiful and I can't wait to see it up close at GLR...

28-02-2006 15:09

CatchRothy22

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Hey, I'm just tryin to help them out you dont wanna loose a round because your bands slip and you cant get the balls up to your hopper.

But yeah good point I'm sure they've thought of it already.

28-02-2006 16:43

Paul H

Re: pic: Team 33 - Buzz XI

Yeah, if you look at the 2004 robot above (the one at a 60 degree angle with the ground...btw I love that picture so much, I was one of the drivers for that year and that match was one of the best of the whole season), we have used the bands before. We ended up putting a guard on at one of the regionals, they'll probably do the same thing this year if they have weight and if it becomes a problem. Surprisingly, it was really far less of an issue than you would think, but they did "derail" once in a while.

28-02-2006 16:55

EricH

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It's more of an issue than you think. If those belts can be reversed under power, someone should be planning how to cover them, because it is a "shooter" (there is discussion on here already about that ruling from Q&A). I'm not saying cover yet, just plan how to. Although I bet someone has already and is planning for doing it quickly at the first event if necessary.

28-02-2006 17:29

Eric Yahrmatter

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We are not planning on doing that currently because the whole roller mechanism tilts outward to pick up balls, making it exit the starting envelope, rendering this "shooter" illegal.

28-02-2006 17:39

henryBsick

Re: pic: Team 33 - Buzz XI

Rule <S03>:
Shooter Mechanism must remain inside the ROBOT - Any mechanism used to throw balls must be
contained within the original 28” x 38” x 60”starting envelope of the ROBOT and must be shielded such
that the mechanism cannot make contact with other ROBOTs. A ROBOT that violates this rule will be
considered unsafe per <S01>.


Shooter as defined by Game Design Committee:
A shooter includes the mechanism that delivers the final dynamic impulse that ejects the ball from the robot, and any parts of the robot that contact the ball while and/or after this impulse is delivered. If your loading mechanism also ejects the ball from the robot, it would be considered a shooting mechanism.
Q & A
Shooter discussion

28-02-2006 17:45

Eric Yahrmatter

Re: pic: Team 33 - Buzz XI

Sorry, i edited my post after I thought about it some more.

We dont have shielding on it because we wont be using it for this purpose.

21-03-2006 22:27

ScoutingNerd175

Re: pic: Team 33 - Buzz XI

Not to post in a thread that hasn't been frequented in nearly a month or anything, but your Buzz XI looks pretty good. I have heard rumors that it plays pretty well also. Our Buzz 11 is doing quite well (much better than at the first regional) and is looking forward to hopfully seeing the other Buzz 11 at Nationals!