19-02-2013 14:46

Wayne Doenges

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I hate to be a party pooper but shouldn't the bumpers be either Blue or Red?
Unless they are for display only.
BTW, nice looking robot. Good luck this year.

19-02-2013 15:06

Bertman

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Why do we need red or blue when we have purple?

We also have covers.

Thanks and good luck to you also.

19-02-2013 15:08

EricLeifermann

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Purple is red and blue, so I'm sure you're fine

19-02-2013 15:59

Andrew Schreiber

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I think what Wayne meant was Blue xor Red.

19-02-2013 16:09

stuart2054

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Bertman,

Beware the green shooter wheels. They are very soft and wear out quickly!

Looks like a nice robot!

19-02-2013 16:18

PayneTrain

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The vanity bumper movement is gaining momentum!

20-02-2013 11:30

lynca

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Looks great LASA !
Very interesting loading mechanism.

Vanity bumpers show a team has taken the time to really enjoy the details of robot construction !

Do you floor collect ?

How high does it hang ?

20-02-2013 11:35

Bill_B

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He was hazy on that. . . . .

20-02-2013 14:04

Pjohn1959

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Hey Tony,

Nice design! I like the orientation of the disks and the feeder system to the shooter. I think we will see a lot of the pneumatic hanging systems like this. Easy and quick.

See you guys in two weeks.

20-02-2013 15:14

Kevin Sevcik

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Inquiring minds want to know what the RS550+P60 winch on the top of the robot is for. You'd assume it's for a climbing system, but you already have the pneumatics for that... Except there's no way you're lifting a robot with those puny cylinders. So there's clearly something unexpected going on here.

20-02-2013 19:36

AllenGregoryIV

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Yeah more specs or description would be nice. I really don't know what that rope system at the top of the robot does. Deploys your feeder station slide?

Changing the orientation of the discs seems odd if you don't floor collect but maybe it was just a space problem.

Any more details? Either way we'll see in a couple weeks at Lone Star it's going to be a great event.

20-02-2013 20:04

Andrew Schuetze

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What no one yet has spied a 1 inch wide tape measure rising from the center top of the robot. They aren't measuring the height of air are they

20-02-2013 20:25

CalTran

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Clearly 935 isn't the only one who doesn't trust what height FIRST says the rungs are at

20-02-2013 23:16

Bertman

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It is not a tape measure. It is a cleverly disguised hook ascension deployment (aka HAD) system disguised as a tape measure. The HAD places the hook on the bar to which is attached the cable, which is in turn attached to the winch which facilitates the 2nd level climb. It is Rube Goldberg approved! Yes, there are LEGOs involved.

22-02-2013 12:41

Mongai

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Our team is curious on how you cased your tape measure to keep it from exploding. We made two custom cases that took four hours to manufacture by CNC each.

23-02-2013 23:25

Bertman

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Simple, we didn't. It is still in it's original case.

24-02-2013 00:03

Kevin Sevcik

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That's how I'd have done it. And a pair of sticky rollers to pinch it and extend and retract it?

24-02-2013 18:50

Bertman

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You got it plus another to set the angle