Team 330 is proud to present our 2008 robot.
We comply with the 80" rule (just barely). See the videos for more details.
Team 330 is proud to present our 2008 robot.
At first glance you reminded me of the thunder chickens. At second glance it looks very nice and different, great job.
Very nice! Should be a lot of fun at LA
very slick robot, simple and effective
Gotta love PVC arms. See you in Atlanta 
I hope…they aren’t signed up yet this year. Then again, they weren’t last year at this time…
I really like the position indicators on the herding arms.
Anyone thinking 254 2004 with this one?
The lower tusks remind me of the ball herding legs that popped out on that bot.
Looks slick.
True, but I was thinking more along the lines of 330 2005.
Actually, I have a question too. Could you guys hold 2 balls at once?
I think we have a winner–it looks like 330 2005/2007 for the base with 254/60 2004 on the gripper. (BTW, I think the drivebase teaser for this robot was a bit of a bluff. The other teaser is in plain view.)
Looks like they’d be able to. Totally illegally, of course.
33% faster than last year? Excuse me while I pick my jaw up off the floor. Last year the Beachbots dominated the field with their extraordinary speed. I remember being in awe of how quickly they moved across the field, now I can only imagine what it will be like this year. Great job om another simple and elegant design!
This looks like it will be another very effective arm-type hurdling robot (the other being the Thunderchickens). It seems that simplicity really is the key here; I predict that single jointed arms will outperform any super-articulated ones.
This is the first time I’ve seen it in action this year…Nice job guys and good luck! =)
How are you going to knock of the balls?
Forwards: Poke with arm.
or
Backwards: Pop them out from underneath.
And how good/fast does he do it?
What is your hybrid plan?
BTW, i liked your speed racer 
Haha, thanks.
Pops it off pretty quick, and is fairly consistent. Hybrid: Last I knew, the plan was to run a lap, and knock a ball off - maybe two.
There are a couple of reasons this robot will be really good this year:
- Beachbot’s drivers are always amazing.
- The fact that the lower arms can corral the ball and the upper arms can pick it up while moving will be incredibly helpful.
Amazing design and execution guys - I’ve seen what you’ve done in the past, and you might have even outclassed yourselves. Awesome robot, hope you do well!
One question (and this was the main problem for a number of robots at week 1 regionals - or maybe just St. Louis), but from the video, it looks like when you hit the overpass with the arm and let go of the trackball with the hand, you’re in a position to be “clotheslined”. Any ideas on avoiding this?
217 (the ever-powerful ThunderChickens) impressed everyone with their “slam dunks”: they (from what I saw) could disengage their arm so that the force from hitting the overpass flipped the arm backwards so they could drive under the overpass safely (a dog gear or something like that was my guess - never got the chance to ask them myself). Probably not much help for you, since it doesn’t look like you guys can rotate the arm past vertical to the back, but just a thought. Might want to watch out for that.
Anyway, you guys have a great design (I never would have thought of two arms organized like that) and best of luck to you in your regionals and championship!
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