06-01-2008 00:07

TheNotoriousKid

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Nice...no need to reinvent the wheel and use your time to simplify this seemingly complex game. too bad what that bot is doin now is illegal.

06-01-2008 00:30

Alex Dinsmoor

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Congrats on finishing, use your next six weeks to make it that much better! Don't forget to make it legal!

06-01-2008 00:38

Nate Laverdure

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Yeah-- that T-shirt launcher just might violate the projectile rule.

06-01-2008 00:55

Pavan Dave

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I think that like Rack n' Roll to Tetra Madness (or whatever the game was called), you can take your robot and mod the manipulator a little bit to grab the big ball and you'll be fine. But to place it the ball for the bonus points, that is what takes the real work....

06-01-2008 02:37

daftpunk79

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no fair...congratz tho...and theyre right...MAKE IT LEGAL.

06-01-2008 08:28

GaryVoshol

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Depends on what alliance that robot is on, doesn't it?

06-01-2008 11:28

=Martin=Taylor=

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WHAT?! The tubes were only 7" in diameter (around the edge, the way most teams grabed them)! This thing is massive! It's almost bigger than the robot! I myself had great trouble carrying it, imagine trying to build a robot to do that...

06-01-2008 11:39

wilsonmw04

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Sorry, how is punching the ball from underneath illegal? could you point me to the section of the rules you are referring to? My team was thinking of doing something along those lines.

06-01-2008 11:48

Billfred

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Actually, at 40" diameter, it is bigger than the normal footprint of a FRC robot.

06-01-2008 11:50

galewind

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no offense, but what I think was even more impressive is that you got your half field already built!!!

06-01-2008 11:56

Daniel_LaFleur

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In the opposing "Home Stretch" it will cost you a penalty.

06-01-2008 12:10

wilsonmw04

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Right, so the assumption from the pic was that he was in the opposing home stretch. So now i'm seeing some of the complexity of the strategies of the game. Depending on the placement of the balls, is it more advantageous to leave the ball on the rack for the static points, or risk the penalty in hopes of making up the difference in bonus from hurdles or other ball bonus points.

06-01-2008 12:20

Coach Norm

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The Half Field was our Kickoff location in San Antonio. IOne advantage to hosting the kickoff.

Thanks Andrew for the hospitality and the tour of your shop while we were there. It was great for my kids to see the excitement of the day and the organization of your shop.

The half field also helped us get in mind what we need to do for our practice field at home.

06-01-2008 12:34

Andrew Schuetze

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This whole not taller than six feet in the opposing alliance's home stretch has got to be sorted out fairly quickly. How else is one supposed to get the trackball down from that side without encurring a penalty I read the intent of the GDC as not designing robots to prevent scoring of bonus points by blocking. a.k.a. the the rule from 'Aim High' preventing teams from extending and blocking shots on goal via a tall mechanism. My reading is that this particular rule is meant for that purpose and not to penalize teams who are attempting to get their trackball down from the overhead ladder thingy.

P.S. As Coach Norm wrote, we were testing an old robot on the field built for the local kick-off here in San Antonio. The field was built by a group of craftsmen sworn to secrecy by FIRST. We hosted the event in our school's auditorium so after every other team had time on the field and took delivery of their kits, the field was ours to experiment upon. We also paid for the materials for the construction of this field. So the expenses and time put into planning and hosting a local kick-off pay dividends in this regard

06-01-2008 13:09

dani190

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how is it even possible for you to finish in 1 day without doing illegal designs before hand and working before hand?

Something seems fishy

06-01-2008 13:14

dani190

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sorry seems you guys aren't using that for competition my bad.

06-01-2008 13:19

gerv 15

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is this a new or old robot

06-01-2008 13:21

dani190

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can't be new or else they basically face elimination i don't know how anyone could build it and complete it in under a day. It just isn't even humanly possible

06-01-2008 13:23

waiakea2024

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Wow congragulations!!! Now you have six weeks to debugg.

06-01-2008 13:27

Andrew Schuetze

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Circa 2005 Lone Star Regional alliance championship Lead by team 118 Robonauts and 231 High Voltage.

Retrofitted in 2006 with dual air compressors, 3 sections of 1" iron pipe for pressure accumulation with a 1" Parker quick action pneumatic valve for the purpose of launching tee shirts into the stands @ sporting events.

No this is not our competition robot just some C.D. humor and posting of some initial tests of mechanism ideas.

06-01-2008 13:39

gerv 15

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theres no way that was built in 1 day
and if it is congrads

06-01-2008 13:47

Andrew Schuetze

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As I recall it took us about five weeks to get everything working on that robot for competition. The retrofits were spaced out over the course of last year as we initially used an automatic sprinkler valve and then a manually operated ball valve before the local Parker distributer donated the fast acting electronic valve. The robot got a new paint job this fall.

06-01-2008 16:11

cienfuegos

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The reason it's finished so fast is that it's either the same or a slight modification of their 2006 or 2005 robot.

08-01-2008 16:15

ScottieDo555

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This is why veteran teams have an enormous advantage over rookie teams.

09-01-2008 09:54

team1203 4life

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man the ball is twice the size of one of our desines

09-01-2008 14:42

primordialblob

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Done already? Wow. Good job, our team is only just about to solidify our concept.

09-01-2008 14:58

waialua359

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that's how it is for everything you do in life, sports, games, etc.
experience brings upon success, success brings more success......We were all rookies at one time, and trust me, I dont want to look back on all of the headaches and heartaches.

12-01-2008 09:22

Andrew Schuetze

The 'Real' robot this time

Okay,
So here is the left-side of the robot as of the end of week one

18-02-2008 07:30

Andrew Schuetze

Re: The 'Real' robot this time

Here is the same robot after week six.