20-02-2013 09:56

Lil' Lavery

Re: pic: 1515 Presents: Daedalus

So, why is there a wrench zip tied to your superstructure?

20-02-2013 10:01

neshera

Re: pic: 1515 Presents: Daedalus

My guess: This is the wrench that allows them to detach/attach their superstructure in under three minutes. This way they don't need to go looking for the correct size wrench

Cool looking bot, great photo!

20-02-2013 10:08

JesseK

Re: pic: 1515 Presents: Daedalus

I'd guess that they use it to put the robot into starting position, depending on how their rotating floor pickup works.

Our tilt mechanism is on a threaded rod, so we're going to do the same thing.

20-02-2013 16:21

Mitchell1714

Re: pic: 1515 Presents: Daedalus

I really like the simplicity and robustness. And 30 pounds underweight, I can see this thing going really fast.

20-02-2013 16:23

msimon785

Re: pic: 1515 Presents: Daedalus

The wrench is team tradition. In 2010 to add weight to the kicker, the team ziptied several dozen wrenches on (goodness knows why). Since then we have always placed a token wrench on the robot.

Of course, however, it is the 3/8" Wrench we've standardized throughout the design.