Here’s a pic of 1985’s bot, Thorondor.
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/photos/37875
What you see there is the front. What you can’t see on the back is another ball intake and our bridge manipulator. Also, for our shooter, our elevation adjusts so we can shoot from several points of the field.
Renegade Ready to go
All dressed up and ready to rumble
Spartan Robotics FRC971 Mountain View California
2012 Sacramento and SVR Regional Champs
Picture from packup day
So far we changed only two things
We improved the bridge arm from an anemic slap to being able to take the bridge down after a couple of attempts
We adjusted the camera so that we can use it to line up our bridge manipulator as well as for shooting
We will be adjusting the bridge manipulator some more to get the bridge on the first try
http://i.thefirstalliance.org/1334603335.JPG
FYI: Click 27’s link. 27’s link is 971’s picture
Here is team 624’s robot.
3929’s robot (picture courtesy of team 25)
http://gallery.raiderrobotix.org/MAR-2012-Events/Mt-Olive/MtOliveDSP/IMG_2083
Mt. Olive District winners with 25 and 222. 3 time Rookie All Star winner. 2nd best bridge balancer at the MAR Championship. Capable of triple balancing (in practice, not tried in real match). Hangs 8-10" off the bridge. Consistent 1 ball 3pt auton, working on consistency of the 2nd ball. Multiple autonomous modes (fed team 25 in Mt. Olive http://gallery.raiderrobotix.org/MAR-2012-Events/Mt-Olive/MtOliveDSP/IMG_2608). Working on getting better shooting this weekend with our practice bot and indexing balls better in the conveyors thanks to a local ‘flowery’ team.
Biggest thing we can boast is our bridge balancing skills, our drive doesn’t roll on the bridges, we’re geared for around 10fps with 8wd. We can also tip our robot 60 degrees before tipping over. The CoG is about 5" off the ground and weighted a bit more towards the back so we can hang off the bridges.
As Shaun (coach of 25) said in an EWCPcast, we’re a pretty darn good “gopher bot” meaning “go for this” and “go for that” and we will get it done. I trust my drivers to play smart and calmly in most situations.
Here’s another link to the same picture
if people are having trouble with the link.
Here are the teams that don’t have a picture in the OP here but do have one on the Google Doc:
254
279
571
597
706
1477
1507
1912
3098
178… Can’t find a better picture, sorry
Team 207 has flown in way under the radar for Rebound Rumble, and it’s time to change that up a bit. As usual, all design and manufacturing is done in house.
DRIVETRAIN
- Eight driven wheels
- Wedgetop tread
- Center drop
- Everything forward of four central wheels can be hung off during balancing
- Four CIMs
- Capable of mounting the barrier and bridge easily, with a reliable bridge mechanism
- Able to turn within it’s own footprint
SCORING/FEEDING
- Articulating hooded shooter
- >180 degrees of rotation
- Capable of scoring on all three baskets
- Cross field feeding
- Dual stage pickup; shuts off automatically once filled
HYBRID MODE
- Capable of shooting baskets
- Reversible ball pickup for partner feeding
BRIDGE BALANCING
- Very low center of gravity
- Takes up less bridge space than most long robots
CHAMPIONSHIP WEIGHT: 118 lbs
Go Curie!