A short video of Team 358’s robot, a hybrid Lifter/Kicker?
http://youtube.com/watch?v=N1BZAsH-RYA
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nice hand mechanism
awesome. definitely a “hybrid” bot for a hybrid game.
What material do you use for circular grippers that contact the ball ?
The hoops are hollow chrome moly steel tube, bent to a 9" dia circle, which are wrapped in tennis racket grip.
The hoop is welded to a connection piece, which is screwed to the end of 20x20 Bosch extrusion, making either piece able to be swapped out in case of damage.
The following are a couple hybrid options currently programmed for certain starting/ball positions
Knock-off
Pick-off
We prefer the pick-off, as we then have control of the ball immediately following hybrid (where we won’t drop the ball when driving under the overpass as we do in the video), but this will take a bit more programming which we didn’t have time for prior to shipping.
Anyone know if there will be a full/partial practice field at Hartford?
Great videos! I’d like to encourage you to link your videos in at http://www.firstobjective.org.
FIRST Objective is hoping to use videos to encourage more schools to start more FIRST teams.
Thanks!