Here’s our latest robot! My teammate, Matthew, and I stayed 7 hours after school to finally get the code I wrote over fall break onto our robot and take it for a spin. This was toward the beginning of our practice, after we adjusted our guide for aligning cones pretty heavily, so it’s a little rough but it got better (and for some reason we didn’t record again). I kind of wanted to embrace the fail in this reveal video, which actually has some editing! (Don’t make fun of me, it’s literally my first time actually editing anything, so I kept it simple.)
Without further ado… our favorite dinosaur, Philip!
The intake reminds us of teeth, so we are going to put on googly eyes and embrace the dinosaurness! The mobile goal lift even looks like little arms, too.
EDIT: I forgot to mention, there is no PID or passive power on the DR4B. It’s entirely just balanced elastics!
Nice external stacker! Its cool to see the concurrent evolution of internals and externals throughout the season and see what will turn out to be stronger at worlds. Also, good bloopers
I’m guessing internal. I’m in a weird spot where this robot is not an endorsement on my part, but just an attempt to actually have a polished robot at early tournaments for once. xD We will convert it to an internal stacker over winter break.
EDIT: I also feel like external stackers could be better for Skills. Skills is mostly mobile goals,
with a secondary focus on cones. This robot only devotes two motors to cones,
with eight on the drive and two on the mobile goal lift. I need to run Driver Skills with it,
but it should be capable of 100+.
Thanks, I only had the two first clips and felt it was a bit disingenuous. But, even on the second one, I wasn’t as efficient as I should have been. I should have held the cone, picked up the mobile goal, and then brought the cone down onto the mobile goal when I had it in my possession. Oh well!
I realize it’s a non-issue, for both you and us (in general); I was just making the point that a good early-season robot makes qualifying for State a relatively trivial matter.
We wanted a name that was a little bit more formal, but also common enough to be friendly and casual, because we thought it would be goofy for a dinosaur-like robot. There’s no particular namesake.
You won’t be getting those sweet, sweet $0.00 checks. Sorry!
I’m trying to work on my video editing skills a little bit for college/scholarship applications that could use a good video.
It’s usually geared toward something you’ve made or done, so I was going to make a progression of the robots I’ve helped build through the years. My mother suggests that I play the violin for a background track, but I’d have to find a suitable piece.
Those are two separate issues. I agree that internal will be better in the long run, I’ve just committed to external for right now, so I’m perfecting it as much as I can. As soon as the last competition is over this calendar year, I am either converting it or keeping it as a Skills bot under 127X and moving to another team letter… probably the former. The zip tie passive intake is definitely the best intake for an external stacker, though, and is very viable for internal stackers as well.
Also, this robot only uses two motors for cones, so I believe that it is better than a mobile goal bot for Skills. If you want to dedicate yourself to Skills, you still need to be competent with cones. This robot’s only distinction from a mogo bot is the use of two motors for cones; it has an 8-motor 2.4:1 drive, which should be excellent for Skills.
