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23-03-2014 21:48
MrForbes
Re: pic: Winning Alliance AZ Regional 2014 , 842, 2486, 2403
There is a whole lot of AWESOME in this picture!
23-03-2014 21:49
dodar
Re: pic: Winning Alliance AZ Regional 2014 , 842, 2486, 2403
Is that little piece of surgical tubing the launcher for 2486? If it is, wow they got a good shot out of it. lol
23-03-2014 22:15
kuraikou
Re: pic: Winning Alliance AZ Regional 2014 , 842, 2486, 2403
No that is a clever way of keeping the ball in place that 4183 also used, I don't know if they adopted it from us or if it was separately thought of but it works either way.
When a ball rolls into the robot through the intake the ball is rotating because of the roller so the ball pulls the tubing down and stretches to accommodate the ball. When the ball is on the other side however the tubing blocks the ball from leaving the intake, keeping it in the correct firing position and preventing the ball from rolling out.
It sounds really weird but it works really well.
23-03-2014 22:21
Coach Norm
Re: pic: Winning Alliance AZ Regional 2014 , 842, 2486, 2403
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Originally Posted by kuraikou
No that is a clever way of keeping the ball in place that 4183 also used, I don't know if they adopted it from us or if it was separately thought of but it works either way.
When a ball rolls into the robot through the intake the ball is rotating because of the roller so the ball pulls the tubing down and stretches to accommodate the ball. When the ball is on the other side however the tubing blocks the ball from leaving the intake, keeping it in the correct firing position and preventing the ball from rolling out. It sounds really weird but it works really well. |
23-03-2014 22:29
z_beeblebrox
Re: pic: Winning Alliance AZ Regional 2014 , 842, 2486, 2403
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Originally Posted by Coach Norm
Is this a change to your robot from Hub City? I do not completely understand. Do you have video of this in action?
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Edit: Shelbers2486 posted their reasoning below. Ours was basically identical.
23-03-2014 22:30
kuraikou
Re: pic: Winning Alliance AZ Regional 2014 , 842, 2486, 2403
yes this is a change we made on our practice robot first and then made at AZ first thing thursday. as for videos I have none but I will try to find one.
23-03-2014 22:42
Shelbers2486
Re: pic: Winning Alliance AZ Regional 2014 , 842, 2486, 2403
We added the tubing a few weeks ago when we realized the the ball would roll off the shooter into the pick up system if we were just driving around. It would take a few valuable seconds to get the ball back into the shooter every time we were ready to fire, so we grabbed a piece of tubing that was just sitting around and it worked perfectly!
23-03-2014 22:52
CLandrum3081
Re: pic: Winning Alliance AZ Regional 2014 , 842, 2486, 2403
Much congratulations. *tips safety glasses I've been wearing as a hat for the past 24 hours* 
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