2016 Championship match #24 : FRC Team

[@elrak0219]

Jeez that robot is absolutely incredible to watch, I can tell Spartan put a lot of time and effort into it.

[@64_bit80]

so impractical yet so elegant. this is probably my favorite FRC robot

[@techwiz4603]

Just wanted to say how amazing it is to watch spartan robotics. When we first joined FIRST, it was because of an amazing ftc team who inspired us to join FIRST. That year we went to watch at world's, and being only 12 at the time it was by far the best experience I had ever had. Over the years we have done varry well as a team but still my favorite moment in first was seeing the worlds competing. Wanted to say how amazing you guys are and how inspired I am watching you guys.Good job Spartan! Good luck in next season game!

[@lowkeyamv7262]

how did your drive team aim so accurately? Did you guys use the camera? Or did you just aim by eye?

[@smanrobotics]

There are stereo cameras with green LED light rings around each camera, but these are only used in autonomous. During tele-op, the driver positions the robot based on a flashlight which shines a blueish-white spot on the tower just to the upper right of the goal. The spot is about the size of a foam boulder, and you can see it in the videos. The robot can shoot forward or backward, and the shooting head has to flip and aim slightly differently depending on which direction the robot is shooting. So there are two flashlights, one turns on when the robot is going to shoot forwards, and the other turns on when the robot is going to shoot backwards.

[@smanrobotics]

Here are links to some photo folders, and in some of the photos you can see two black flashlights attached to the shooter head with tie-wraps. The batteries and switch of each flashlight, have been replaced with wires leading down to electronics in the robot which then powers up one flashlight or the other, depending on which direction the robot is facing to shoot. When the shooter head is tucked down into the robot (ready to have a ball fed in), the flashlights are tucked under the shooter head and both are turned off so they cannot be seen. Look for photos where the shooter head is up in shooting position. get.google.com/albumarchive/117769834305511597729/album/AF1QipMdMJ-gpX27yGIXx047dB-KlIYv8VNA2eYK7FZx get.google.com/albumarchive/117769834305511597729/album/AF1QipMp-AodpEo8x4MhY5c2goveC36NhcLJP5OreSGh get.google.com/albumarchive/117769834305511597729/album/AF1QipMmeb17qAx79aGNE8N4CEXIZd6dfhP5nU_VXMRy get.google.com/albumarchive/117769834305511597729/album/AF1QipP8qo8O0qQe8qm6PwIwPqIMx3zo3W_uC9vmAL1v get.google.com/albumarchive/117769834305511597729/album/AF1QipOf0uVuz45hz6otvzciI78AFw23pCrVZ080a0D5

[@zekelockman1477]

as a 172 member it's cool to see our team do somewhat well at a world championship alongside a big name

[@johnking6365]

Very well edited and very cool to watch the perspective

[@texassabre7214]

It’s amazing.

[@deeaz6315]

it's amazing!!!

[@dakotatarbell5572]

Hey can I get the cad files of the shooter

[@evan3706]

no

[@parkercollins7756]

Super cool bot. The driver of 1736 though was not aggressive whatsoever, terrible performance by him.

[@josie4065]

Such a beautiful robot to see in person! Every once in a while I come back to this video

[@chagairosen]

Nothing but net

[@yuhanzhang2882]

Robot basketball 👍

[@smanrobotics]

Robot basketball => kzbin.info/www/bejne/bKqcp4Vuds9nbbM

[@kingpin1905]

are they AI????