Rowdy 6.0

Take a look at Rowdy Pete 6.0, our wonderful robot for the 2005 season of FIRST. Rowdy 6.0 was designed to play the 2005 game, "Triple Play."

Click here for more photos of the 2005 robot.

Features

Drivetrain:

• Combination of 2 Fisher Prices and 4 CIMS.
• Speed of 7.5 feet per second
• Powerful
• Best of both worlds, speed and power
• Gear Ratio: 14.28

Frame:

• 38 inches by 28 inches
• Welded 1-inch box aluminum

Tetrahedron Manipulator:

• Nicknamed the "Tetra-eater-eater" or the "Dragon"
• Clamp actuated by a pneumatic piston
• The fifth manipulator used in competitions

Arm:

• A 4x4 lower base with a 3x3 upper arm
• A titanium hollow tube with a manipulator attached to the end
• The tube is actuated by a window motor
• The tube is regulated by two limit switches that stop it from overextending
• The arm is moved up and down by a Van Door motor with a 5 to 1 gear ratio from the motor to the arm

Electronics and pneumatics:

• 8 Victor 884's (6 for the drive train and 2 for the arm).
• A robot reset and program button
• Gyroscope and rotary encoder navigation

Controls:

• 2 normal flight joysticks for "car drive"(one for each side of the drive train)
• A Potentiometer which corresponds with another potentiometer on the arm
• An On-Off-On switch which moves the arm; [In] - [stopped] - [Out]

Decorations:

• Frame is spraypainted black and the arm is painted gold.
• Decals and team numbers will be on the Lexan shields for the base of the robot.