Sweet 
I just had a dream about this robot.
Mommmmmy!
I want VIDEO!!!:ahh: :ahh: :ahh: :ahh:
Amazing design, but one slight flaw…
80% of mass 5ft in air = bad center of gravity…
Imagine if an autonomous robot came under the bar and hit them… oooo, the mayhem. Might even break a playing field part.
Really great!
I bet it required a lot of creativity , work and courage.
As said above a couple of times, people usually laugh at this kind of idea, and doing this is against a brainstorm. You have to listen to EVERY idea and never say “it won’t work just because it’s weird”.
That’s how NEW things are created. Congratulations. And good luck!
-> By the way, can you please explain better what happens after you kept all the bins from falling in the opposite field?
*Originally posted by Digo *
-> By the way, can you please explain better what happens after you kept all the bins from falling in the opposite field?
I was wondering how your going to push 30 bins up if they fall on you? I hope you got a kick $@#$@#$@# drive train!!:ahh:
Lets just say Sparky can ram through that. 
Don’t go jumping to conclusions Joe. I still want to see a video of this sucker.
…I’m still in the dark, what happens if another robot comes up and spins you on the HDPE as u mosey on up the ramp and u catilever on the HDPE and the mesh? I was also wondering how many of those wheels are powered and how much power do you have overall?
-----if that baby has a powerful drivetrain and a low centered COG i’d be pretty impressed
*Originally posted by Dante Sparda *
**Don’t go jumping to conclusions Joe. I still want to see a video of this sucker.
Who says I’m jumping to conclusions, I say we CAN.
I’ll admit it’s a brilliant design… the closest thing we came up with to that was a big arm that swung at the boxes from the starting postition. If we’d only build that, we could have still had a shot against you… One question: your bot looks very thin. Its center of gravity is obviously very low, but what happens when you strike all those boxes AND an opponents madly onrushing robot 5’ above the floor at an angle on the ramp? Does it fall over?
do u guys have a dual trans or 4 motors?
How the heck does that thing make weight? We are about 120 lbs and our bot is only 13.5 inches high 36x30 base. Did you forget to weigh it with the battery on it?
I’m skeptical about how many times you can do that before something bad happens, but still, I’m blown away. That’s pretty sick (as in good).
I’m most impressed by the guts (insanity) it must have taken to commit to, design, and build that kind of robot. Lets hear it for courage in innovation!
-Joel
*Originally posted by Joel Glidden *
**I’m most impressed by the guts (insanity) it must have taken to commit to, design, and build that kind of robot. Lets hear it for courage in innovation!-Joel **
Yup! No matter how they ended up doing at competition, they can definitely say they learned something special this year about designing robots. It take lots of guts to throw away conventional designs and create something new. This robot is going to be so impressive to the crowds for competition and demos. Very cool.
'mazing.
what happens if your bot comes down on top of something else or another bot??? what would happen??? the mysteries…
otherwise it is a really cool idea and i am glad you guys pulled it off. i will pray that you don’t encounter difficulty with the design and some of the flaws that might be present.
i heard myself going:
ewwwwww ahhhhhh eeeeeeeeeeeeeee oooooooooohhhhhhhhhh
Geez…Looks amazing. See one flaw though
Where’s your revolving light? Don’t see one.
WOW!
Holy Sh**!
That is SOME bot.
(did someone say AWARDS)
:ahh: