20-02-2013 13:22

jblay

Re: pic: Team 2016 - Prowler

Another beautiful 2016 robot. Looks like a crazy scorer. Why not split the bumpers now that they allow it like you tied to do last year?

20-02-2013 13:28

Peyton Yeung

Re: pic: Team 2016 - Prowler

Corner climber due to the lexan v in the front?

20-02-2013 13:47

Steven Donow

Re: pic: Team 2016 - Prowler

That's what I was thinking...

As always, a beautiful bot from you guys, can't wait to see it in person at TCNJ. Very similar in design to ours.

20-02-2013 17:52

NXTGeek

Re: pic: Team 2016 - Prowler

What did you put on the outside of those banebots wheels? I'm curious as ours wear out pretty fast...

20-02-2013 18:02

MattC9

Re: pic: Team 2016 - Prowler

It looks like orange urethane belting from McMaster... Thats a smart Idea...

21-02-2013 10:23

coldfusion1279

Re: pic: Team 2016 - Prowler

This is the quality I expect from 2016. Looking forward to competing with you.

Love,
1279

21-02-2013 10:36

neshera

Re: pic: Team 2016 - Prowler

Looks like you can do both floor pick-up and Feeder Station loading.
Looks like you figured out how to do floor pick-up but still have gravity feed the discs to a shooter below the pick-up. Very clever!
Looks sharp, good luck!

21-02-2013 12:27

ks_mumupsi

Re: pic: Team 2016 - Prowler

That would be correct, we were having issues with wear on the wheel also, figured it would be best to protect the wheels so we dont have to keep swapping wheels out and can just overlay the urethane on top. its a tight fit and works well.

Thanks for the other comments, yea we figured auton double pickup was huge hence the floor pickup and yes a tilt up and basically we can reach the human player loading point.

Climbing was a challenge, still is a challenge.... risk reward will be highly weighed in our decision to actually put on a 30 point climber. Glad we are not at week 1 and hopefully should get a good idea from there whether it is a must or a nice to have.

21-02-2013 12:30

Steven Donow

Re: pic: Team 2016 - Prowler

An additional question I have is in what orientation does your robot start? Is the arm angles slightly up?

21-02-2013 12:47

ks_mumupsi

Re: pic: Team 2016 - Prowler

Yes, the arm is angled up so it is within the frame perimeter. it is held in by a spring loaded pin.

21-02-2013 15:44

Brandon_L

Re: pic: Team 2016 - Prowler

What drives the arm?

21-02-2013 16:42

ks_mumupsi

Re: pic: Team 2016 - Prowler

Arm is dirven by PG motor from AM with a 77:1 reduction or whatever the gearbox is. Its set in position by PID control.

Btw, we tried doing that with a snowblower but too much play in the snowblower so decided to use the PG motor instead.

23-02-2013 23:58

Coach Tom

Re: pic: Team 2016 - Prowler

Looking forward to seeing 2016 in action.

I sure miss FRC.