22-02-2013 20:30

Garten Haeska

Re: pic: Render - FRC525 2013 Robot

Would you care to elaborate on how your arm works?

22-02-2013 21:00

Tom Ore

Re: pic: Render - FRC525 2013 Robot

The arm flips the disk. We pull it back and release it with Aren Hill's mechanism from his 1625 days. Surgical tubing provides the force. We had quite and adventure getting the tubing to live (we should do a CD write-up on that someday.) The spin rate is not as high as that of a spinning wheel shooter but the disk flies pretty well.

22-02-2013 21:23

Mark Holschuh

Re: pic: Render - FRC525 2013 Robot

That is a very good render!

22-02-2013 22:12

Garten Haeska

Re: pic: Render - FRC525 2013 Robot

So the arm that hangs over the bumper does this?

22-02-2013 22:16

Tom Ore

Re: pic: Render - FRC525 2013 Robot

The shooting arm is shown resting against the AM entrapption star. The arm over the bumper is for floor pickup.