Grant Imahara's Vexplorer challenge - Cody Smith

[pigsareit]

You should probably credit the song. I too heard it on newgrounds.

[pranit93]

the coolest all-terrain bot I've seen

[number1officefan]

yours should have won, i don't understand why that other dude with the long name won, he barely changed anything with the VEXplorer, you actually modified it

Good Job

[Smartkid10101]

Thanks! I think the CemBot guy did well, I made a prediction that the cleaning bot or him would win.

However the dinosaur guys, I was both surprised and a bit angry that they won second. But they are from a nearby opponent FIRST robotics team so I guess it's just my competitive side lashing out.

Nevertheless I am very happy with what I got, if I could do it again though I wouldn't pick a stair climber. There a headache and then some.

[number1officefan]

im thinking about getting the vexplorer and see what i come up with, is it pretty easy to assemble and all that crap?

[joeydirter]

yea my vex thingy is uh realy slow some 1 halp

[nitro4907]

hi,

my name is Laura and this is the coolist thing I have ever seen! Was this very difficult because I would like to try to do something like this.

thanks!

[Smartkid10101]

Hi, Thank you, the hardest part of this challenge was making a complex design with a limited number of parts. I'm used to having lots of Vex parts at my disposal. Building a stair climber isn't that hard, with proper planning and an understanding of the physics behind it. If I could do it differently, I would try to build a smaller bot. The average stair step is about 1ft long (figures right), my Vex bot, due to size is unable to climb such stairs.

Good luck, nice meeting you!

-Cody

[animaniac387]

so did you only use the standard parts that came in the kit or did you order more?

[Smartkid10101]

The standard kit plus $100 in Vex parts including S&H.

[TDAWizard]

I enjoy seeing the solid works images, it's too bad you have vista

[Smartkid10101]

Vista's definitely not all that it's cracked up to be. I did contact SolidWorks but they told me that my trial version was for XP and XP only.

I'm a 3DS Max guy anyway, I like polys not vectors. Thanks for the comment.

-Cody

[TDAWizard]

No prob, my brother has vista. He doesn't really do much other than schoolwork, but i can tell it's really slow.

[mcelio]

PiraTech PiraTech Yarr Yarr Yarr =]

Great Robot Cody =]

The video however, I feel like I'm watching Cloverfield.

Good Job :)

[dalws1969]

Great bot you built! Good luck with the competition! Especially love the bloopers at the end! ;) -D