Team 575 Exothermic Haiku

With two weeks til State, new faceplates! In the year of the shark, we've had Mako Shark and we've had Thresher Shark. Soon, it'll be time for Tiger Shark to make its appearance.

Yakima Valley Winter Tournament tomorrow! And Mako Shark is new, improved, and hungry for blood. Here's a high-res teaser picture.. shouldn't be too hard to figure out.

Tournament: Washington Jumpstart Tournament 2013
Robot Name: Mako Shark
Qualifying Rounds: 6-0-0 SP's: 109
Elimination Alliance: 10Q (Exo Hazard), 575, 917A (Quantum Apex)
Elimination Rounds: 2-0 QF's, 2-0 SF's, 2-0 Finals
Other Awards: Excellence Award
Qualified for: Washington State Tournament

Ten is a pretty good number. Ten motors on our robot, ten total sensors/solenoids, ten point autonomous. Oh look, there're ten days until Jumpstart.

Three weeks til Jumpstart! The Exothermic Haiku robot is revved up and ready to compete. Our cortex says hi!

Enough old pictures, let's talk Toss Up. For the fun of it, 575 has decided to name all its Toss Up bots after sharks. With exactly one month until Jumpstart, here's a peek at Bull Shark.

Now that's what I call motor coupling. Question is, what is it for? And why would anyone use 3-wire motors?

Poptart, central transmission shifting mechanism. August 2012.

Poptart, transmission block for left side back wheels. August 2012.

Poptart, early progress picture. The motor block and transmission are housed at the back of the robot, directly behind the towers. Here is the motor/transmission block shown without wiring and pneumatic shifter. August 2012.

Early Sack Attack Prototype Bot (Odysseus). Would have an 8 motor drive on mecanum wheels, each wheel independently driven and shifting mechanism controlled by two DA pistons. Too bulky, and scrapped in May 2012.