62 Midseason reveal *with slight catch*

If it were to lift 9 a couple times it would stall, but 10 would cause it to stall on the first lift.

@Cameron Schiller
Why did you choose pneumatics instead of motor claws?

Can confirm, Tornado (my 15" robot for Nothing But Net) was (exactly) 14 lbs. All of the wheels used on it (11 in total) added a lot of weight. This year, I definitely think that it is possible to get a robot that weighs under 10 lbs with batteries (honestly why would you not include battery weight, unless you often drive your robot in competition without batteries), but only if some “different” measures are taken. Building a “standard” robot with 4+ wheels, two batteries, uncut c-channels, and steel screws and nuts would make this very difficult. If you begin replacing steel screws and nuts with aluminum or nylon, cutting metal down to just the bare minimum required structurally, only using a single battery, etc., you may be able to get closer to 8 lbs. However, with ten 393 motors, pneumatics, and two batteries, I would be in serious doubt of a competition robot that only weighs 8 lbs.

@ Legomindstormsmaniac

I think you are right considering batteries and air tanks are 3 lbs but Cam has a valid point when he notes it is really light and “acts like it” It is clearly quick and light even if it was 18 lbs.

Responded! Hope the project goes well.

How much elastics do you guys use?

none

Lol I responded hopefully not too late to help but cool robot.

responded.
I really want to know how you got the 72 driver skills score. That’s next-gen.

@Infinity Minus 1 In the original post, it said that they got a skills score of 72 as well :stuck_out_tongue:

Just responded! Is it too late for the close-up pics? I shared this with a teammate and would be willing to do so at school tomorrow if you still need responses.

Edit: Didn’t see that the bot had already been revealed and the 10 teams chosen. Hope my feedback was helpful though! And awesome bot @Cameron Schiller

how can u guys hang with a drop center base? you can’t drive forward to lock the hook…

This is one way.

And let me just say they do that in competition, too. Not just for this picture.

So, you guys are at Owen County tomorrow, not Elizabethtown, right? I’m bringing Glendale Technicals (32545A) and 6135K. I’ll see you there!

One out for hockey but we’ll be there.

Yaaaaaa…
They say that every year :wink:

@Cameron Schiller What is the locking mechanism you use that keeps your claw stable?

We have two locking mechanisms - one for latching the lift into its position once it expands outside of "18 and one for locking the lift down for the hang. Which one are you interested in?

I’m actually interested on both of the locking mechanisms that you guys created. @jonathandamico

The one that locks the whole lift in place is pneumatic. It’s a piston that connected to a ziptie that acted like a piece of string, pulling a 2-wide piece of metal with short standoffs positioned to latch onto one of our cross-supports.

The ones on the lift are 3x1 bendy bars that have been cut so one of the squares has an opening on the top that fits the 2-wide metal that holds all of our lift’s moving parts. The bendy bars have rubber bands that let them latch on and stay latched.

Sorry for my rather crude explanation - I can try to get photos for both of these tomorrow but the former may have been dismantled.