pic: 2009 FRC48 Robot, xtremachen12

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Here’s our 2009 Team 48 robot, xtremachen12.

In light of recent naming conventions being used by several notable teams, robot nicknames I’m personally advocating for XM12 are as follows:

Destro
Skeletor
He-Man
She-Ra

We now return you to your regularly scheduled information.

Videos:

Dumping Demo - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uozh7k59wTs
Maneuvering - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drQ0-_lpaTw
Collector/Ejector - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BP4_a9rw24w

-Modified linkage drive idea borrowed from Team 1565 - thanks for the drawings! Modified to actuate left and right sides separately. Each of the four drive modules is powered by a CIM mated to a 16:1 Banebots P80 planetary. Linkage provides much additional maneuvering ability without the added complexity of a swerve system.

-Turreted power “purger” (dumper…belcher…puker…whatever) with two conveyor belt runs each powered by a FP mated to a 16:1 Banebots P60. Very fast and robust.

  • Single RS-545/16:1 P60 ball collector/ejector can be used to collect/deliver empty cells - has a good kick to it.

  • Max capacity is around 20-22 balls, but realistic load is around 13-15.

  • See you in Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Connecticut, and Atlanta - best of luck to all teams during the upcoming competition season!

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I wanted to repost the video links from the description to make them more easily navigable:

xtremachen12 Videos:

Power Dumping Demo - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uozh7k59wTs

Maneuvering - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drQ0-_lpaTw

Collector/Ejector - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BP4_a9rw24w

#3

:eek: That drivetrain/chassis looks very similar to ours… looks great!

#4

Looks great guys looking forward to competing with and against you at Pittsburgh! Beware the power dumper bots :cool:

#5

An xtremachen with only four wheels? I thought I’d never see the day. We’ll be looking out for you in Pittsburgh.

#6

Good looking machine! Hopefully most of the time we are competing with instead of against. See ya soon.

#7

I, too, thought I’d never see that day as well.

I miss our tank treads–they would have rocked this year…

#8

Yes it would have been nice to see some nice red linatex griping the floor this year, but your reaction to the announcement about the wheels was priceless regardless:D .