
Name
Jimmy John
Named after Jimmy and John, two of our graduating college mentors.
Status
Out-of-Service
Season Record
- Howell:
- Rank 20
- Average Qual Score: 47.50
- Average Playoff Score: 95.80
- Semi-Finalist
- Woodhaven:
- Rank 3
- Average Qual Score: 74.17
- Average Playoff Score: 78.60
- Semi-Finalist
- Bedford:
- Rank 14
- Average Qual Score: 89.67
- Average Playoff Score: 114.80
- Semi-Finalist
- States:
- Rank 60
- Average Qual Score: 135.50
- Average Playoff Score: 127.50
- Eighth-Finalists
- Archimedes (Worlds):
- Rank 31
- Average Qual Score: 115.60
- Average Playoff Score: 165.50
- Quarter-Finalist
Specifications:
Drive Train
- 6″ Mecanum Wheels
- 7:1 Gear Ratio- 16ft/sec at 4300rpm
- 60lbs of thrust
- 36lbs total weight
- Direct gearing for simpler, cheaper, and easily maintainable drivetrain
Eagle Wings
- 18′ total wingspan
- Designed to quickly grab all four recycling containers from the center step in Auton
- Rotation driven by 2x BaneBot 775-12 motors with 16:1 BaneBot planetary gearboxes
- 1.4:1 custom gears to rotate arms
- 50lb fishing line used to retract arms
- Retraction driven by 2x BaneBot 775-12 motors with 4:1 BaneBot planetary gearboxes
- Quick and easy “shaft-collar-winch” used for fishing line
- 15lb gas springs used to help raise arms and keep them lifted in case the fishing line breaks
Lift
- Belt-style lift used for maximum flexibility of use
- Urethan/cotton flat belting used, sewn together with fishing line
- Special set of hooks for lifting already stacked totes
- Special hook for optimal recycling container lifting
- Pneumatic assist for placing recycling container on six totes
- Can hold up to five totes OR one recycling can and four totes
- Can lift a container or tote to max level
- Uses AndyMark Sonic Shifter with (2) CIM motors for gearing
- Final gear ratio is 40:1 in low gear and 10.2:1 in high gear
- 250lb lifting force in low gear, 64lb lifting force in hight gear
- 1.88ft/sec lift in low gear, 7.4ft/sec lift in hight gear (at 4300rpm)
- Shifting gearbox used to quickly elevate a recycle container to the max level
- Limit switch and encoder used to control and index the left