Am currently competing against this robot at a week zero mock competition, super cool robot, great work!

Climber looks compact and effective. Nice work!

Thanks for being AWESOME GUYS!!!

Good jobs this year, congrats from the Bison RI3D team

The way your guys climber is angled looks like it'd be perfect for a buddy climb

What is the size of your flywheel? Can it be replaced with compliant wheels? This design is awesome!

YEAHHHH GO GOPHERS

@yourcatonatree

5 ай бұрын

SKI U MAHHH RAHHHHHHHHHHHHH

Awesome robot! Really impressive that you managed to do all of that in 3 days. Just wondering, how did you get the floor intake to work with the rules and limitations?

@ashtondemmer8820

5 ай бұрын

Top of bumpers can be 7.5 inches off the ground, bumpers can be a minimum of 5 inches. That gives you 2.5 inch clearance for a 2 inch game piece.

@sufilevy

5 ай бұрын

​@@ashtondemmer8820 Awesome, thanks for the answer!

@fallinglief6493

5 ай бұрын

Additionally, that 5 inches has an acceptable variance of +/- 1/2 inch. So you could realistically go with 4.625" bumpers and be safe. ​@@ashtondemmer8820

@alphamu0

5 ай бұрын

The rules say +/- 0.5 inches for bumpers, so you could get 3in of room

which motors do you use on the robot's climber? and can you tell me how it works please :)

@isopod00

5 ай бұрын

We used Andymark's Climber in a Box (cut shorter) COTS solution for our climber, and we powered it using a 775pro motor!

do you have any major problems or improvement ideas? looks cool.

@jaredschultz1867

5 ай бұрын

there are quite a few improvements I can see right off the top: 1 improve climber, it was put on during the last hour and is not optimized, it needs counter weight due to its positioning, and the travel distance should be tweaked, 2 the flywheel made the note spin off to the side, so some way to center the shot would be ideal (add a second wheel either on the other side, or like the kit of parts bot), 3 make the pneumatic ramp also function as a player station intake, 4 add another row of rollers to intake so it can intake from both directions (explained better in another comment)

What happens if you drive over the note backwards, does it still pick up the note, or just push it along?

@jaredschultz1867

5 ай бұрын

We never tested this however I see two outcomes: it just gets pushed and it just stays under the bot, or the bottom intake wheel (two inch compliant) would pull it under the bot (could damage the element) spitting it out in front where we could intake it normally. The main shooter plate extends down to almost touch that bottom row of wheels so there wouldn't be any way (without modification) that it could intake from that direction, that said by adding another row of rollers (mirror the top row of intake wheels) it may become possible to intake from both directions

@richardtopolewski555

5 ай бұрын

@@jaredschultz1867 If when it spits it out in front, depending on lots of factors (e.g. speed of surface of the wheels -- smaller wheels should be going slower then surface of larger/higher wheels -- and how grippy they are relative to the carpet, and how fast the robot is going), it seems if the larger/higher wheels grab it, it may just get picked up, which would be super cool and useful.

What gearbox ratio did you use for climbing?

@isopod00

3 ай бұрын

I believe it was 100:1 if I'm remembering correctly

How does the shooter work without going to one side

@isopod00

3 ай бұрын

Our shots do tend to drift to the side a bit, it's not too bad but I would probably recommend using two shooter wheels to counteract spin on the ring versus one like we have here

@Sokara7

3 ай бұрын

We built ours with only one and its not powerful enough and it turns too much. How did you get it to drift so little though. Also what motor are you guys using

@isopod00

3 ай бұрын

@@Sokara7 We used a NEO motor for our shooter, I believe with a 1:1 gear ratio (no reduction). Although, I would probably recommend having two shooter wheels, one on each side, each powered by a NEO (or similar) motor

@Sokara7

3 ай бұрын

@@isopod00 We also use a 1:1 NEO and we are currently reworking the shooter to fit a second wheel since with only one the note drifted and didn't go far enough.

i am the 666 subscriber gimme a robot

@jaredschultz1867

5 ай бұрын

you can apply to the University of Minnesota and help out the team