10-03-2009 22:39

Akash Rastogi

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Wow very impressive as always.

Can it shoot down though via tilting hood?
Its not hot pink =(

10-03-2009 22:40

swamp_child

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UGHHHH IT ISNT PINK!!!!!!

10-03-2009 22:44

sdcantrell56

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The design work is absolutely amazing. I can't imagine how many hours went in to all of the CAD work. I have the same question...can you shoot down? Also are the drive modules machined tube again?

I love the bot and it would be awesome to see some video.

10-03-2009 22:51

roboticWanderor

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did y'all manage to use all the motors in the kit this year?
lol jk, great looking robot.

10-03-2009 22:55

JaneYoung

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I didn't doubt, but that made the anticipation level just plain painful.

10-03-2009 22:55

ducttapedude

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Lots and lots of CAD.
I can truly say that this build season, of my four years in FIRST, has been the busiest, the most stressful, and the most work I've ever done. I've loved every minute of it, and learned more than any other year.

As to answer you question, it cannot tilt down, but we have a magnetic sensor on the Fischer price gear box for the flywheel that monitors rotations, we have programing so that the closer the trailer is, the slower the flywheel spins, thus adjusting how far the balls will go. We utilized similar ideas on 2k6.

10-03-2009 22:58

sdcantrell56

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If any team can pull off a shooter without an adjustable hood it will be you guys. I hope it works for you. How many balls per second can you guys shoot and do you have the tracking working well?

Also just curious...how much sheet aluminum do you guys go through?

10-03-2009 22:59

ducttapedude

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Sorry, I missed your other question.

Yes, the drive rails are 3x3 box tubing 1/8th thick aluminum.

Many similar ideas, yet everything as always has been modified, been made smaller, lighter, and hopefully better : )

10-03-2009 22:59

Eugene Fang

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No pink or telescoping arm...

Very cool though!

10-03-2009 22:59

Akash Rastogi

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Ahh very nice. Can't wait to see it in action.

10-03-2009 23:12

hillale

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Just curious, but why did you abandon the human loaded hopper? Orbit balls getting jammed going into the shooter feed?

10-03-2009 23:18

smurfgirl

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Even when I am expecting to be astonished by your robots, they still astonish me. That's impressive. Your robot looks very complicated, but so precisely wrought that it will just blow everyone else away on the field- I'm really looking forward to seeing you guys in action! (Now if only it were your signature pink this year...)

10-03-2009 23:30

1086VEX

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how far does your turret rotate, and how many balls can it hold?
Looks like another amazing bot from 233!! hope to see you in Atlanta!
oh...are the bumpers at least pink?

10-03-2009 23:37

Kyle

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But its not pink.. How can it be from team Pink if its not Pink? I'm scared...

10-03-2009 23:43

R.C.

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Man Pink, congrats on another smexy bots. That looks like a ton of sheets and hours beyond hours of CAD. Did you guys use Pro.E or Solidworks this year. Can't wait to see your bot upclose and did you guys end up powdercoating your bot Blue or Black (I have a pic of you guys blue one year?)

10-03-2009 23:55

KF987

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Sweet looking bot! Good luck in Florida.

11-03-2009 00:57

Nica F.

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First thing I thought of when I saw the picture (besides the lack of pink of course )was how complex the design was but nonetheless how unique and impressive it is. I'd ask questions but I've decided to put them off until I get to see it in person. That robot is probably the robot I am most excited to see close up.

I think it's great that your mentor made a Lamassu connection; its such a great comparison. Can't wait to see it this weekend in action, the best of luck!

11-03-2009 01:50

coldfusion1279

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My first thought was:

Wow, my mother would have nightmares about dusting that thing...

My second thought was:

I bet it will come out of the crate pink... The crate works under the same principle as a spray tanning shower.

Third:

Looks well thought out and masterfully built... our team was just talking about 6WD with lowered center wheels... That is our normal drive train but this year we didn't even try it out.. I think it may have been foolish on our part. Let us know how it runs.

11-03-2009 03:40

Cory

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They're hiding the blue one

11-03-2009 05:42

ATannahill

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Can't wait to compete you you guys in Florida, but first A. you should color it like the CAD B. you should have turned the turret in the CAD picture to represent the head. But really, I would like to know your top speed, amount of balls you can hold, and how fast can you shoot out the balls (balls/minute).

11-03-2009 09:27

Alex Cormier

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I would be a little careful with the front motor being in close proximity of the crio. Team 2228 had some field problems with a motor being located near the crio last weekend.

11-03-2009 10:33

Dillon Carey

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you guys might have to reinforce the front of your bot above the suck up roller.
we had to triple stack eight inch angle on each side of our robot after coming back from a match and they were both bent in a solid 1/2 an inch

11-03-2009 10:37

Brandon Holley

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Pink you continue to astonish YEAR after YEAR.

This looks like a serious piece of engineering. I can't wait to check this thing out in Atlanta. Kudos again on what looks to be another great robot.

Any videos???

Brando

11-03-2009 11:34

Gabe Salas Jr.

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...I plead the 5th.

I believe the turret rotates to about 233 degrees (oh okay close to it... don't remember specifically). We carry roughly 14 cells.

Pro.E
You are probably thinking about Roccobot 2k or 2k2. No powdercoating this year. We left it gray and angry.

I would like to answer these questions (look up for amount of cells we carry) but we have some serious work to do on Thursday in hopes of improving our numbers to a more acceptable level. So sorry, won't give exacts. Ask again after Thursday.
__________

Thanks Alex and Dillion, we will keep that in mind on Thursday. Video of us powering Roccobot 2k9 for the first time.

11-03-2009 12:41

Enigma's puzzle

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Holy Cheesehole batman

11-03-2009 13:09

Dan Petrovic

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At least the bumpers will be pink...right? *sob*

These robots are always impressive when you think of how much CAD work goes into them. This team is blessed with machine shops that can keep up with the drawings that are being fed to them.

233 may have themselves a third Einstein appearance in a row.

11-03-2009 13:32

typharn91

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This thing looks amazing I can't wait to sneek a peak of it on Thursday kinda sad about the lack of pink on it I really wanna see how you guys did you wiring this year

11-03-2009 15:02

Jeff 801

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If you look close you can see a part sticking up that looks as though it is going to be used for a hopper still. I am guessing it will show up when it is taken out of the crate at FL

you can see it on these images
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/img...b9facd21_l.jpg

and

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/img...c0135e94_l.jpg

11-03-2009 16:30

Gabe Salas Jr.

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There is one part of the robot that is actually PINK.

You can see most of the ground work here. Posted this since it will be very difficult to check out with everything else on top.

11-03-2009 18:24

thefro526

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That's a Nice Robot but the Pro-E Model is even nicer.

I showed that Model to my mentor at work and he was amazed that you were able to make something that nice in 2 weeks. How many people worked on it? I'm assuming that it was a group of people because that would be almost impossible to do with one person. (Then again, you are the PINK team.)

Back to the robot though, that is by far one of the most beautiful robot's I've ever seen. I'd love to see it function, something tells me I'd be very fun to watch the balls snake through that delivery system.

11-03-2009 19:26

amariealbrecht

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From another team that is clearly a fan of pink....thats very cool and I love the design. Good luck to you all in the rest of the season!

11-03-2009 21:29

IBdrummer

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We have a steel tube above it for structural suport

11-03-2009 21:30

gorrilla

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any video?


cant wait until tomorrow

11-03-2009 22:02

ducttapedude

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We use a lot of sheet metal and box tubing, but we focus a lot on using as much scrap as possible, that means jetting out every little plate on left overs as often as possible, and using scraps that are up to 6 years old.

Those two questions are connected.
The reason we have modified our original design is so that we can actually shoot almost directly behind us. The hopper originally limited us to aprox 180 degrees, we should have aprox 270 degrees after this modification.

We will still have a hopper, just not as dominating of one.

12-03-2009 03:16

ShaneP

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The first thing that came to my mind was the same feeling I get when looking at all the different supports and structure of a wooden roller coaster. This is an impressive looking robot, and I hope I can get the chance to see it in person. Good work 233!

12-03-2009 11:04

robostangs548

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I can just imagine carrying those 50lb bags of abrasive back and forth to fill up the abrasive container for the jet. I wish that I had the time to pull that one off, especially because it looks almost as if the sides are solid cut from a 4x8.... Amazing.... Did the students on your team just not go to school? Sorry, but I really am sitting here at my computer yelling “HOW?” I can just remember the hundreds of hours sitting at the jet watching it blow water and sand in my face and pulling pieces out so it didn’t destroy its own tip. Great job guys, I don’t know how these kids pull this off every year, but major props to all of you… I worked extremely hard with my team all season every second i had, and still could not create something of this magnitude. I am a senior now, and I still look back to this season and wonder where I could have had more time… This truly is an amazing work of art. Good luck at competitions.

12-03-2009 21:08

gorrilla

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so why was it in pieces today?

12-03-2009 22:37

Jeff 801

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I was talking to them and they said it was because they kept about 38 lb of parts at their shop and brought them with them today because they built close to 2 robots but some of the parts were just too complex and time consuming to make 2 so today they had to put it back together.

12-03-2009 23:54

POWSpyder

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There's a lot going on in there! I take it you guys are going to be using the camera? Very cool design non the less. How you do well.