21-03-2006 03:44

activemx

Re: pic: It's a Monster for sure - Team 968's practice robot

WOW! one beast of a machine! Especially watching it in action. Its just a treat to watch 254 and 968 score all those balls. Once again, amazing work (254+968) guys. Good Luck at LA and Nationals.

21-03-2006 07:15

Billfred

Re: pic: It's a Monster for sure - Team 968's practice robot

Goodness, that's a lot of balls!

Remember, sharing is caring! (I kid, I kid.)

21-03-2006 13:17

Barry Bonzack

Re: pic: It's a Monster for sure - Team 968's practice robot

1604 can hold a similar number of balls. after attending the UCF regional, I don't believe we ever held more than 12 at one point. It is just nice to say we can hold that many.

21-03-2006 13:20

Alex Cormier

Re: pic: It's a Monster for sure - Team 968's practice robot

I forgot but who's the triplet from this robot?
I remember 254 is blue, 968 is black and i remember seeing a red version of this bot. Am i wrong?

21-03-2006 13:25

Greg Perkins

Re: pic: It's a Monster for sure - Team 968's practice robot

I'm guessing 60 will be involved again?

21-03-2006 13:43

Cory

Re: pic: It's a Monster for sure - Team 968's practice robot

We didn't collaborate with 60 this year.

The all black one is Travis' practice robot.

21-03-2006 13:44

RogerR

Re: pic: It's a Monster for sure - Team 968's practice robot

this is their practice robot; from the picture shown earlier, i believe that their competition robot is painted red.

21-03-2006 13:51

sanddrag

Re: pic: It's a Monster for sure - Team 968's practice robot

True, but they are both powder coated.

21-03-2006 14:52

Bob A

Re: pic: It's a Monster for sure - Team 968's practice robot

Sorry to correct you Cory, but the all black one ISN'T "Travis' practice robot". It actually belongs to the entire team (despite what Travis thinks! ).

And yes, the all red one is the competition robot. We liked the way they both looked - made it hard to decide which one to send!

21-03-2006 15:08

Madison

Re: pic: It's a Monster for sure - Team 968's practice robot

These machines still seem to lack the funnel the Cheesy Poofs added to their ball collection mechanism at PNW. Did y'all find a new way to solve the problems you they were having?

21-03-2006 15:28

Travis Covington

Re: pic: It's a Monster for sure - Team 968's practice robot

Correct, it has a significantly different funneling mechanism which removes one of the ABS rollers and adds a window motor agitator. Performance is on par with their robot at SVR. You can see the funnels at the bottom. They are made of 2x4's and masonite on the practice robot.

21-03-2006 19:59

Arefin Bari

Re: pic: It's a Monster for sure - Team 968's practice robot

Can we see the monster in action?

22-03-2006 00:34

sanddrag

Re: pic: It's a Monster for sure - Team 968's practice robot

Of course. Just book a flight to the Great Western Forum on March 23-25.

Although any videos beforehand might be nice.

22-03-2006 03:01

Travis Covington

Re: pic: It's a Monster for sure - Team 968's practice robot

There is a video of it online somewhere. I'll let you guys look for it if you are really interested.