intake

whell this isint really a robot but its part of our FVC bot.
tis an intake i built used to intake softballs and transfer them elsewhere.
just thught i might post my creation!!:slight_smile:

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ill try to get a vid of it over the weekend.

i guess the little pic inset thing didnt work…

https://vexforum.com/gallery/showimage.php?i=160&c=9

https://vexforum.com/gallery/showimage.php?i=161&c=9

https://vexforum.com/gallery/showimage.php?i=162&c=9

thatll probably work

that looks sweet. now you just have to mount it.

Speaking of sweet…

I notice in your great pics that you had a cupcake in the second one. lol

(bottom right hand corner)

haha. that’s great! :slight_smile:

And a pair of Tennis Shoes (With Feet) in the first one. (and cupcakes too)

is this your way of taking off the floor or your way of scoring?

Update: Wow! Rake in the background on the third one.

yes!! i had cup cakes!!!
and those would be my sneakers and feet…
and thats my friends rake…

i made 1 of thos it pick up ping pong balls:D

since i just got a tank tread kit im going to have to try that:D

also one of my track links broke:( :mad: wut do you suggest

oh and can that track system intake pull the cupcake in and deliver it to my mouth? just a thought to work on :stuck_out_tongue:

did just one of the links break? if so, i would just get over it, if you do not think it is glueable. considering you get alot of them, i wouldnt worry too much.

ya id just take a link off the other section and work with that.
it shouldnt efect anything…

and ill have to work on that cupcake delivery system:)

and thats actually where i got the idea, from a pingpong ball shooter:)

UPDATE–ok whell this contraption didnt last long.
after 3 modifications to attemt to make it useful for our bot,
i got to tear it appart today and build a new intake…:frowning:
so sad but i guess you have to make sacrifices when u r 10 days away from compitition ill

try to get new pics up

cool your entering in a contest good luck i want to make one but i am working on a different robot

thanks!!!
we actually didnt use the intake AT ALL!!!
it made me mad but whatever.
alot of teams there used intakes very sucsessfully including the top ranked alliance wich had 2 bots with them.

Are the treads able to get enough traction on the balls to easily grab them or would you need a feeder to get them in there?

thats what my team hade a problem with, but the two teams from Gar-field had intakes on theirs and it worked REALLY well without any extra addditions to the treads.