Half upset, literally in the middle of making a robot almost identical to that! Designed it months ago too xD but hey nicejob with the build and beating us to it! Looks Great!
THIS IS FANTASTIC. Keep up the work, I love how each robot is entirely unique from the others in both form and possible strategies. Watching the mobile goal only robot shove the other around is oddly satisfying, I might have to give that strategy a go ;)
Hey, I was wondering if you could tell me more about 8059Z ? For example, what type of motors y'all used and what are the components of the robot. -Thanks from 1429
hello great robot, our school just started a vex team this year and i had a question, how well will this robot do on going over the side barrier. amazing design, 8059 all of the robots
Hi, We're not sure what side barrier you are referring to. The robots do pretty well in going over the 10 point zone pipe, although it does become harder with the weight of the mobile goal acting on the front of the robot.
Hi we competed yesterday with a linear slide mobile goal lifter found on your dr4b based robot that went into 20 and 10 pt zones, and we used a standard vex claw to stack cones. we came in 8th place and we got in the running for excellence award, and we got interviewed. although our school's another team took the execellence award even though they came in 28th place. They used a similar design close to your mobile goal only robot, but they had not made it as good and they could not do 20pt zones and they did not have autonomus. We were shocked, and we wanted to know if we could dispute it.
Do you think it may have been biased the judging. and also that team that got 28th place gets way more help from our teacher and vex advisor and in addition people on their team have siblings that have done vex for years. How can we complain about this unfair judging because their notebook and engineering log is far inferior to ours. :( we cannot go to state our team due to this. :(
Maybe this chain bar tutorial by Tabor may help you: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-39Q2yKx__HI.html The motors are geared directly to the chain bar in this robot.
Everyone is doing double reverse four bars this year... would be nice to see a "good" scissor lift carried out... haven't seen it yet... but 1045A has the best double reverse four bar by far
The robot 8059J is against the rules in SG9: “Robots that intentionally plow multiple Cones to a specific location of the field, even with a flat/convex portion of their Robot, would be in violation of this rule. Robots are allowed to drive through Cones that are in their way. Teams are not allowed to use this to employ Cone hoarding strategies.”
Hi, We're quite sure the wallbot is legal. The robot has no intention of intentionally hoarding cones in any way, with the main purpose as to deny opponents from scoring and tip over large amounts of cones to significantly frustrate opponents. It participated in Singapore Vex without any problems (although it did face a disqualification in the quarter finals as it inadvertently touched the opponent's zone) . Hope we helped!
just because the portions that stick out are flat that dosent mean you arent controlling with a concave surface. the cones are "held" by the 90 degree angle between the "wall" and the robots main section. that means it is is controlling that and if its moving while doing that then it is controlling multiple cones. what the bot did at 2:53 specifically illegal.
Hi, Thanks for your question! Your arguments are certainly not illogical and did get some of us thinking, but one should consider the "intent" of the robot as it operates. The robot has absolutely no intention of hoarding cones at all and is not a fundamental tenet of its strategy. This should be immediately apparent to any judge or audience member. We agree that a flat surface can be used to hoard cones, however, it is not unacceptable to drive through cones (as per SG9) as a robot continues on its task. In any case, our team is not intent on continuing with this strategy. It's interesting to look on strategies in hindsight, however.
it isn't plowing to a "specific location" any location will do as long as they are knocked over. Also if they are constantly changing their destination then they are just plowing cones in their way.
brilliant job on holding mobile goal and stacking while driving! Btw, do u guys apply constant motor power to the mini lift for holding the mobile goal slightly above the ground, for long periods of time, or do u have some lock on it?
So, I don’t understand “the wall” because it is illegal to hoard cones, and that seems to be the primary function of that robot, and blocking tho goals of the opposing team is also illegal... so to me it just seems like a troll robot... either way keep up the good work guys! (And girls) don’t get offended
Hi, We're quite sure the wallbot is legal. It participated in Singapore Vex without any problems (although it did face a disqualification in the quarter finals as it inadvertently touched the opponent's zone) . Hope we helped!
the robots are pretty cool in general but i don't really see the need for "the wall" robot i don't see why a wall is necessary in the challenge. please reply if you disagree, just my opinion.
Yep, the wall was actually initially designed with a 67'' radius estimation. This would have been sufficient to block off scoring completely in the 10 and 20 point zones. However, the rules were changed by the GDC just a few days before the competition which severely limited expansion. This made it extremely difficult to build an effective defensive robot.
I can't answer for their team but my guess is that they are a more skills oriented bot since they can move the mobile goals so fast they would be able to score really high in the robot skills challenge by scoring all 8 mobile goals
Quinton Turner To a certain extent. We haven't really weighed it so we can't give you a certain answer, but it is indeed much heavier than any starstruck robot.
Hi, There are many pieces going back on the robot. If you are referring to the high strength chain, that's the motors powering the 4 bar mechanism. Hope we helped!
8059Z is really nice robot, but I can't understand how do you keep the claw in horizontal position, please can you explain that mechanisms with claw and high strength chain
Oh, we must have misinterpreted your question about the mechanism on 8059Z. We thought you were refering to 8059A :) The mechanism is fundamentally known as a chain bar. Essentially, it allows the claw to remain at the same angle no matter how it is rotated. The link below should give you some insight as how it works and how to make a simple one. www.vexforum.com/index.php/28271-how-to-make-a-chainbar-lift Hope we helped!
Can you make a video about 8059F? I really like it and I wander if you can send me some photos about 8059f.I wander how 8059f lift the base by motors?Please
Arjun Gandhi We can't. One day, when you and your team build a truly superb robot independently, we would have real reason and impetus to be proud and satisfied.
