So, I’ll get to putting pictures up eventually (probably tomorrow or Sunday). We have greatly improved our robot since Indiana State (the launcher, for some reason, doesn’t work as well as it did at state, but it still works fine).
Stats:
6 Motor 1.6:6 4 Omni-Wheel Tank Drive
2 Motor 1:7 6-Bar
2 Motor 1.6:1 Side-Roller intake
2 Dual-Actuating Piston Launcher (18 good full field shots - 3 tanks)
2 Dual Actuating Piston Hanging (once our hook is on the bar, we are hanging in less than half a second (it takes us rougly 3-4 sec from the ground to hang)).
We currently have 20 unique autonomous modes, but will be busy the next couple of days working on adding more (should have around 22).
Here is our robot in the pelican case. I forgot to clean up the wiring today, but plan to finish that Tuesday evening.
I can tell you that our autonomous are pretty sweet. We have several versions that will work well with any alliance partner. I will be adding some more on the plane ride to Anaheim, but currently we have 24 total autonomous routines. After the plane ride, probably around 30.
We perfected the launcher today (get’s good shots now :)). We also perfected our hang. It is extremely fast, and VERY reliable. We get about .375"-.5" off the ground. From the scoring zone to the hanging zone and hang takes about 7-8sec. It’s a very fast 15 points.
As long as the robot stays together and doesn’t get bent on the plane, we should do good (the key word is “should”).
I’m looking forward to Worlds! Hope to meet lots of people!
Out of curiosity what pelican case do you guys use? The pelican 0340 or 0350 to fit your 18" robot in. As well how much does the case + robot way on average?
Best of luck at worlds! If you get a chance you should come check out the college division as well.
Since we have the 18" robots, we buy the 20x20x20 case (Pelican 0350) just so we can have 2" of padding on each side of the robot. The case (with the robot, some game objects, and our remotes) weighs right above 47lbs.
Thanks! Go Indiana!
I’ll be sure to stop by as I am interested in Purdue
Wow, that’s a lot of autonomous routines. I had never even thought of putting that many in. Is having this many programs substantially more beneficial in competition? Do they primarily work to counter other common autonomous programs in addition to adaptability with an alliance partner’s program?
We’ve found that the more you have, the more adaptive you can be. When we were running with 15+, we had ones that countered common ones from our region, ones that just played defense, basic scoring ones that worked with everyone, and some that worked with other robots, that could dump buckies into another robot, so they could stash them quickly, shutting down the match early (don’t reveal this one until the finals :D). Its all a matter of perspective how you view your robot’s versatility, but I substantially favored having more than a couple autonomous routines.
