DEWBOT VIII
From DEW Robotics
DEWBOT VIII is Team 1640's answer to the challenge of FIRST's 2012 game, Rebound Rumble.
DEWBOT VIII Build
Design Details
Strategic Objectives
Drive Train
Shooter
Bridge Manipulation
Control
Field
Design Process
Events
Move into 427 Creamery Way
- On 13-August-2011, Downingtown Area Robotics moved into the warehouse at 427 Creamery Way, Exton. Waterloo Gardens is generously and graciously allowing the team to use this facility. Another great space for robotics, allowing a full-scale practice field. We are very grateful to Waterloo Gardens for the use of this building. Again, no sense of permanence. Our 7th home to-date.
- All training is shifted immediatly to the new site. This is a fine place to build a robot!
Siri Maley leading design class
Clem McKown - Drive Train basics
Douglas & Gary Deaver
Ben Kellom leads SolidWorks Training
Ian & Mike B driving
Lucy & Ben Kellom working on SolidWorks
Fall Project - Robot design
- Team 1640's Fall Project is the complete design of a robot for an old FRC game (outside the team's memory). We selected the 2003 game, Stack Attack for this exercise.
Team discussing ideas around field mock-up table during Practice Kickoff
- The Project started with a well-attended Practice Kickoff on 17-September.
Fall Project - Pivot Drive Value Engineering
- The design of the 2011 Pivot Drive System will be reviewed with the intent of:
- Reducing mass
- Reducing cost
- Reducing mill time
- Improving reliability
- Improving performance
Pancake Breakfast
- Our AppleBee's Pancake Breakfast on 16-October-2011 raised nearly $1,500 for the team.
Boeing Ridley Park Plant Tour - 5-November-2011
- The team toured Boeing's Ridley Park helicopter plant, together with teams 341, 365 & 486. The V-22 Osprey and CH-47 Chinook assembly lines were visited, as well as Boeing's Wind Tunnel and Flight Simulation facilities.
STEM Academy & DEHS Robot Demonstrations - 18-Nov-2011
- Team Sab-BOT-age and recently retired DEWBOT VII demonstrated the benefits of FRC to Downingtown STEM Academy and East Students in back-to-back demos.
Teams
- Design Team
- Integration Team
- Control Team
- Drive-train Team
- Scoring Team
- Bridge Team
- Flex Team
- Media Team
People
Team Sab-BOT-age is what it is only due to the efforts of the people involved. DEWBOT VIII's success will be in the hands of the students, mentors and parents engaged. The team's very existence is possible only through the gracious generosity of our sponsors.
See our other robots at FRC Team 1640
