They're Off!!

FIRST General Forum
#41

Hey man, no worries. Its pretty easy to work with…still need to get used to the wago’s though lol
benchtop test took me only 2 hours tops working with 1 other guy.
plus, there is plenty of time to work on em.
my word of advice is have a 120 amp breaker, because they dont send you one.

anyways though, 1501 is putting our system in sidewinder, the 2005 bot.
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showthread.php?t=34912&highlight=sidewinder
Its got a monocoque skin like all of our bots, which is what the aviation industry uses on airplane bodies. It was a tight squeeze with the old system, but it got its electronics torn up during the last build season. (psh, programmers lol)

#42

anyways though, 1501 is putting our system in sidewinder, the 2005 bot.
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showthread.php?t=34912&highlight=sidewinder
Its got a monocoque skin like all of our bots, which is what the aviation industry uses on airplane bodies. It was a tight squeeze with the old system, but it got its electronics torn up during the last build season. (psh, programmers lol)

we only meet once a week so we dont have that much time

#43

we only meet once a week so we dont have that much time

I dont know if you have the facilities, but luckily we have the use of the Henlines Towing building. They have been great mentors, and great in providing facilities. Anytime we want to show up, we are allowed to. Basically the lead programmer and I are meeting everyday we can to figure out all the kinks and cool things about the new system. I will post a pic as soon as we get the bot up and running. I will also post a before pic so you can see how much of a difference we had in using the new components vs. the old.

#44

Any day you want? That’s awesome. We’d do anything to have that kind of schedule.

I’m looking forward to those pics.

#45

we only meet once a week so we dont have that much time

You can make the time…

#46

We are lucky to have sponsors like them. Even though they dont give us 5000 a year, they are worth much more to our team. They provide transport, facilities, tools, and their time. They even baked us cookies today!:smiley:
Another benefit our team has is 4-H as a sponsor. They actually provide our insurance and give us a whole community building where we can set up our playing field and leave it up. I cant thank our sponsors enough. Now if only me or the programmers could drive. It is going to be a cold walk between the 2 buildings:ahh:
PS, I’ll try to get those pics up asap.

#47

You can make the time…

we are trying to, at least i want to but, the old people cant because they have these job or w/e they call it or the best excuse because there wives are mad :wink:

#48

Once a week? That’s, what, 6 meetings? Or is that before the season?

#49

b4 season, man that would awesome if we could build a robot in 6 days:cool:

#50

Oh, I was about to say, if you could even build a half-decent robot in a week’s-worth of time…

#51

I am challenging our FRC team to build a rolling chassis in one. I KNOW our electrical guys can get it wired in under 2 hrs. And programming, well, thats going to be the hard part. Besides, I know teams that built their robots AT Championship a couple years back. :slight_smile: It is doable.

#52

Do you mean a square bot done in one day or a bot with a whole bunch of stuff?

#53

Im not sure what the Championship team did but I am talking square bot for our team, though I may challenge them to do a Mecanum in case we decide to do that this year.

#54

I believe the team at championships did a square box, using spare parts from other teams, along with theirs.

So I guess it is technically possible.

#55

our team i belive have pit a square bot together in one day. is that a big deal?

#56

Not really, like I said, its doable.

#57

We got ours!! It said we would get ours on Saturday. I figured FedEx would be cutting back and not make deliveries on Saturdays. We were all at a district Lego tourney, our son who was a judge beat us home. Imagine our suprise when we walked in the door and seen him sitting on the floor surrounded by several boxes and the biggest smile on his face!!!:smiley:

BTW The White Wolves Lego Team of The G.R.A.Y.T. Leviathons has made it to the State Championship!!!:cool:

#58

We have our bot driving!!! I will get the pics up asap. I will tell you ahead of time that it is a mess because the robots motors and sensors are all hidden, so there is pwm running all over the place. I ran into one problem, which was the digital sidecar not getting any power, and it was plugged in. I moved it to another slot in the fuse panel and it worked just fine. I do think it may have been my fault for sticking the wire too far into the wago connector and having the insulation touch instead of the copper.

One question though… how are you supposed to supply power to the gaming router thing on the bot. It did not come with a connector that goes from the fuse panel to the router, only a 120v power supply. Am i just supposed to hack into the wire and cut it, or am i supposed to have one come in the kit?

#59

Cut off the end and connect it to the PD Board.

#60

here are the pics of the progress so far. Its driving:D , but needs to be cleaned up and programmed… also have to hook up the encoders, limit switches, and compressor.
http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc160/samir13k/sidewinder2.jpghttp://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc160/samir13k/sidewinder3.jpghttp://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc160/samir13k/sidewinder4.jpghttp://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc160/samir13k/sidewinder5-1.jpg

If you notice, the speed controllers and spikes dont fit in the old electrical panel area, so they are now located in the back of the bot. (pic 3)