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This is team 869's 2009 Robot. I'm not sure if some of you remember, but before this year's build season started, I started a thread asking anyone if they knew of any machine shops that would be willing to help us. Much to our dismay we could not find a facility to help us, so our team was forced to work without a formal metal working shop. At first I thought this would be a bad thing, and then a certain quote came to my head. "Necessity is the mother of invention” This year's robot is not flashy, it’s not very complex and it probably wouldn't stand out in a crowd. However, this robot was designed and built by the students. And don't let any photos fool you, when practice started for us, we didn’t know what to expect, but she performs very well, and I think I speak for my entire team when I say that we are all very proud of this robot. We wanted to share it with you guys and see what your thoughts were. Just to clarify, the frame is red oak, and the bin is ply wood/plexi glass. We have two bane bots transmissions running two wheels with the option to convert the drive train to 4 wheels drive if need be. All together the robot weighs 85 pounds as seen here. Hope you guys like it! and we look forward to seeing everyone at the Trenton and Pittsburgh regionals this year!
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16-02-2009 23:07
joeweber
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Very nice job. You should be very proud of what you have accomplished. It is great that you were creative enough to solve a problem and built it in house. Doing it the way you have your team has learned more than you know. When you compete, win or not you will feel like a winner when you are done. Note: you may want to add weight to get as close to 120 lbs. limit as you can.
16-02-2009 23:22
pacoliketaco
Re: pic: Team 869's 2009 Robot
looks great! i look forward to seeing you at NJ.
about the metal working shop: our team has for 4 years worked in a cafeteria, with very limited tools, but we are still able to build a functioning robot. you don't need a fancy workshop to build a good robot, just determined people.
17-02-2009 10:11
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Originally Posted by joeweber
Very nice job. You should be very proud of what you have accomplished. It is great that you were creative enough to solve a problem and built it in house. Doing it the way you have your team has learned more than you know. When you compete, win or not you will feel like a winner when you are done. Note: you may want to add weight to get as close to 120 lbs. limit as you can.
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