Rowdy 4.0

Please see the following photo galleries for more photos of Rowdy 4.0:

• 2003 Photo Gallery
  

Features

Drive System:

• Tires with Supergrip on it
• Drive boxes made and donated by Team 68 Truck Town Thunder

Frame:

• 80-20 extrusion made up the frame
• Changed to a slanted back on the robot after Nationals

Tote Grabber:

• First designed to pick up three boxes (totes)
• Eventually changed to pick up only one
• One of few robots that could stack consistently

Arm:

• 4-bar linkage
• Pneumatic used to actuate the arm

Electronics, Pneumatics, Programming, Interface, Controls, and Sensors:

• Battery (12 volts)
• Light (red or blue depending on our team color)
• 4 spikes and 3 Victor 884's
• Spikes, victors, fuse block, robot interface, and other custom electronics stored in a lexan "box"
• Water-proof circuit breaker
• Pneumatics powered arms and brakes
• Driver glasses had an LED system to give drivers information for the game

Autonomous Mode

• Started slightly angled
• Went in a straight line (most of the time)
• Traveled a certain distance, then drove up ramp to knock down totes.