Heres are minibot, along with are robot. This video was made for a freshman orientation to promote our team, hence all the additives. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgYIhOiyi4Q
Here you are, a 1.3 second minibot from Team 2733:
Here’s the videos I promised a little while back, timed using frame by frame in 3 separate programs
Edit: wow my bad, here’s the link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KuRCJ9cxy-o
Thanks for fixing the link…fair to say that you will have to add a little weight in the form of a 3 way switch or such to keep from flying off at the end of it’s run?
Yes and no, we obviously do need that switch in there, as we almost had a few nasty falls, but we simulated the weight of the switches on the minibot during testing
Why blur the video when build season ended…
Even though build season has ended, minibots are still with their respective teams. If the improved design doesn’t change your deployment characteristics you could rebuild it in a couple of days.
I imagine that some teams competing close to home with above average machining resources could see a new design Thursday in the pits and have it up and running on their robot in time for Saturday.
That would violate <R25>.
<R25> has an exception clause which refers to <R33>
Exception: A limited amount of FABRICATED ITEMS (not to exceed the limits specified in Rule <R33>) may be reatained as part of the WITHHOLDING ALLOWANCE and brought back to the team’s home facility for continued development.
<R33> Exempts the minibot from the WITHHOLDING ALLOWANCE allowing you to work on it even if you’ve already used your 30 pounds.
If we can work on the minibot at home after the ship date, I don’t see how Thursday night of a tournament would be any different.
Can teams close to home use their fabrication capability outside of the competition site during Thursday through Saturday? I would not think so.
Withholding applies to everyone and I thought it meant material can be brought in Thursday. No fabricated material can be brought in or out between Thursday and Saturday. COTs and raw materials can be brought in any time during competition and worked on during open pit times.
Fabrication outside the competition site and during the Thursday through Saturday time frame, either “in the hotel” or at the home base facility does not seem consistent with the intent of the rules.
I could be misinterpreting.
The “home” teams only advantage should be knowing where to get COTs locally.
I don’t believe the Withholding Allowance applies between individual competition days. That would be a rather large loophole.
When I read the exception, I assumed it only applied to the last part (shipping the robot after the event). However, I can see how since it’s separated, it could be applied to the entire rule. If you are concerned about that, it would make a good Q/A question.
I can’t wait to see how many minibots actually come in at the times people said they would!
Indeed… Some people have been quite… exhuberantly misleading when it comes to minibot times…
(I won’t mention any names, but one of these people has the initials “Jason Rees”…) 
I did not think those times were possible until we hit a breakthrough last night. Now I am sure 1.6-1.7 is possible to do reliably. 
Whoops.
team 3467
first minibot goes up in 2.6 seconds
http://www.youtube.com/user/frc3467?feature=mhum
we also are making anther one that we estimate for it to go up in 2.2 seconds
god way to start our first rookie year
We are arround 6.5 sec complete-- You can view here
Unit is about 7 LBS and has quite a bit of friction but after 4 weeks of protos that didn’t work, we are happy
Oh, I’m sure of it, too. We have about 1.8 seconds reliably. I was just picking on Mr. Rees. 