PREDATOR

Introducing PREDATOR! An Inside Look.

PREDATOR

This is PREDATOR. This is our entry in to the 2014 FIRST Robotics competition. Here is a short video we made introducing our robot, as well as rendered images of the subsystems and mechanisms of our robot.

Drive Train

PREDATOR Drive Base

  • 6 wheel drive
  • - 6 VEX Pro VersaDT wheels
  • - Powered by 4 CIM motors & 2 Mini-CIM’s
  • 3-CIM VEX Pro Ball Shifters. Low: 8 ft/s High: 18 ft/s

Catapult Launcher

PREDATOR Catapult

  • CAM Arm powered w/ 108:1 gear ratio.
  • Launches 8 ft – 22 ft

Ball Acquisition Device

PREDATOR Intake

  • Powered by Mini-CIM motor on a 9:1 Versaplanetary w/ chain running up length of tubing.

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