2008:
Name: Marvin
The boot:
A 12 pound weight mounted on a curved lexan arm. The weight catches the ball on the bottom and launches it over. It is powered by 2 CIM motors that are hooked up to a gear box with a sprocket. From there a chain pulls another sprocket which twists up the boot. The opposite fires the boot. As a safety precaution, the weight is bolted to a metal wire and attached to the shaft it's mounted on. a stop function along with raise and fire which allows the operator to lower the boot, while keeping the boot safely within the robot's area.
The Lifter:
Powered by 2 2” pneumatic pistons with 8” stroke.
The Drive Train:
Had 2 driven traction wheels and 4 kit wheels. The driven wheels are driven by 1 CIM motor each with the same gear box as our motor. We used tank steering with our controls and turning. We could hurdle the ball about 4-5 times within 2 minutes, if we carried the ball all the way around the track. It took us little time to actually hurdle the ball. We could capture the track ball without using the wall.
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