http://www.payouthcouncil.com/ProjectW/foambot.jpg
Come check out G-Force 2002. It has a few kinks to work out, but it sure it close.
Time of Completion: 9.25pm pst Tuesday, January 8
Weight: 22 lbs
Materials: Foamed Aluminum
is there something wrong with those urls? They didn’t work for me
For those of you that are wondering, the links are missing a 0. It should be:
http://www.geocities.com/torchin2000/foambot.bmp
and
http://www.geocities.com/torchin2000/foambot2.bmp
Though now it says the page is unavailable for viewing.
Yea man our robot is going to woop some serious butt. You think we should add anything or just ship it now like that!
Wouldn’t it be great to see a field of 500 robots exactly like this one? How exciting it would be.
Maybe we should hold off on posting pictures of our robots until the design stage is mostly completed, so that the variety that is the spice of FIRST can be enjoyed this year as it has been enjoyed in the past.
Maybe it’s just me, but I can’t see the pictures 
Nice design.
Could you please tell me how you guys built an entire robot in a matter of about 3 days cause thats like amazing.
i hate to be a pain, but it seems quite impossible to do that in 4 days, well i guess intimidation is a part of your strategy 
besides, i find a few interesting things in that picture:
1 - how do you get the ball up there ?
2 - it seems to me that you have the most vital componet on the outside: the reciever
3 - the reciever has no cables connected to it
4 - looks like that is the reciever with the display screen, and i believe that the reciever with the display screen is the one in teh station…noton the robot
well , thats all
i wish you guys good luck, on actaully building a robot
P.S. we know what we’re doing, do you ?
Martin
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*Originally posted by miketwalker *
**Could you please tell me how you guys built an entire robot in a matter of about 3 days cause thats like amazing. **
It looks like a foam prototype.
*Originally posted by Martin *
**i hate to be a pain, but it seems quite impossible to do that in 4 days, well i guess intimidation is a part of your strategy
besides, i find a few interesting things in that picture:
1 - how do you get the ball up there ?
2 - it seems to me that you have the most vital componet on the outside: the reciever
3 - the reciever has no cables connected to it
4 - looks like that is the reciever with the display screen, and i believe that the reciever with the display screen is the one in teh station…noton the robotwell , thats all
i wish you guys good luck, on actaully building a robotP.S. we know what we’re doing, do you ?
Martin
907 **
Martin:
I feel I should answer your questions in a frank and honest manner.
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The ball aquisition device is on the opposite side. There’s a reason that picture is taken from the side it is, so as not to give away any truly useful information. You can design that component yourself, or try to guess what ours looks like. There are still some secret aspects of this robot.
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That is acutally a matter of some contention among our team members. The electronics are mounted internally. We are deciding whether or not to mount them externally. Putting them on the inside protects them better, but makes maintainence more time-consuming. Any advice?
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See question 2
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See question 2
If you want your electronics to be safe but easy to get at, put it on rods with seats for it and springpins to keep it in place. I’ll draw a pic of what I mean. It’s easy and probably won’t fall apart easily. It’s similar in concept to the retainer for the top on a brake master cylinder resivoir. For those of you that are less automotively inclined than myself, that’s where you pour brake fluid into.
Image note: The top of the rod is notched to accept the swing arm. The arm runs the entire length of the top, and it is basically an open rectangle made from spring steel rod.
AAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGHHHHHH
SOMEONE STOLE YOUR WHEELS!!!
LOL, really…make a ful robot befreo showing it off…nice proto though…but ours will most likely set back any scoring you do…
Something to think about
And maybe by that time i’ll learn how to spell…
LOL
Construct in higher quality materials to get rid of that sag your bot has.
Maybe thats just thier bumper…just made into a robot type shape to throw people off…
just kidding…that seems like a good design
Actually this looks a lot like my team’s robot from last year.
http://www.startateam.com/639/pics/first%20prototype%20robot.jpg
Ours was made of higher quality materials though. AND OURS HAS WHEELS!
If you guys think that is your final design and you have only spent 3 days on it… well I would be prepared. If you have done it this way you have probably thought your strategy out completly. Maybe make sure you have backup plans… just in case. Also make sure your robot can compare to your competition so you arent just a metal think moving around the field but being controlled by every other robot.
Well how bout this bad bot…it actually moves!!!
lol