Team 254, The Cheesy Poofs

Team 254, The Cheesy Poofs, presents the following robots, which will be making the trip to the 2009 Vex World Championships in Dallas, Texas. Good luck to everybody, and be sure to stop by any of our pits in your spare time.

254A: RoboRanger II
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*]6-wheel, 4-motor drive, top speed 2.91 fps
*]2-motor single-joint arm, 7:1 gearing
*]Quad tank tread intake/outtake, capacity 9 cubes
*]Automated autoloader pull (5 cubes in ~2.5 sec)
*]Bonus cube (multi-directional)
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http://bcpvex.uuuq.com/DFW%20Images/0254A.01.JPG

254B: Ghetto Betsy
[LIST]
*]4-wheel, 6-motor drive, top speed 3.63 fps
*]2-motor four-bar linkage, 7:1 gearing
*]Dual tank tread intake/outtake, capacity 5 cubes
*]Autoloader pull (5 cubes in < 5 sec)
*]Bonus cube (multi-directional), platform
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http://bcpvex.uuuq.com/DFW%20Images/0254B.01.JPG

254C
[LIST]
*]4-wheel, 6-motor drive, top speed 3.63 fps
*]2-motor single-joint arm, 7:1 gearing
*]Claw, 5:3 gearing
*]Autoloader pull, cube pick (3-inch)
*]Bonus cube (multi-directional), platform
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http://bcpvex.uuuq.com/DFW%20Images/0254C.01.JPG

254E: E-Rex
[LIST]
*]4-wheel, 4-motor drive, top speed 3.63 fps
*]4-motor four-bar linkage, 5:1 gearing
*]Dual tank tread intake/outtake, capacity 3 cubes
*]Autoloader pull (3 cubes in 1-2 sec)
*]Bonus cube (multi-directional), platform (multi-directional)
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**254F: Shopping Cart
[LIST]
*]4-wheel, 6-motor drive, top speed 2.18 fps
*]2-motor arm attached directly to intake, 7:1 gearing
*]Expanding basket, capacity > 29 cubes, expanded robot length > 36 inches
*]Dual tank tread intake/outtake, capacity 6 cubes
*]Bonus cube (multi-directional), platform (multi-directional)
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Notes:
We apologize for the hasty, unrefined images - time constraints forced us to pose the robots between revisions. 254E and 254F, due to extensive physical alterations at press time, will likely not have pictures until after World Championships. Because of the constant modifications that are a normal part of VRC, it is possible that the above data will not be accurate at Dallas, just as they do not reflect our robots from previous tournaments. For more information, please visit our wiki and www.team254.com.

John Mueller, Captain, 254, 254A
Drew Willner, Captain, 254B
Derrick Dominic and Roshan Patel, Captains, 254C
John Paton, Captain, 254E
Kendall Searing and Taylor Furtado, Captains, 254F**

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Awesome, can’t wait to see you guys in action.

Loving the design on 254a. Should be something to watch.

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254b is great, I can say that from experience…
We leave for the airport in 4 hours or so…I should really sleep…

OMG. I love the new pick-up design on your arm for 254a. After watching it today on the webcast, it looks like one of the MOST dominate robots out there. We should see you in the finals tomorrow. I only wish that we could be there with you.

I thought we were having a good run today, but some team just had to stop it…