Very cool project, can't hurt to have NASA as a sister team. 
Polished Robot
Polished Robot So, I know this isn't an lsx or lt1 or anything of that nature but i've been learning how to polish on a robot we're building for a competition called FIRST robotics. . . .i'm a mentor on the team and i took it apon myself to take the job of polishing the wheelboxes transmission and various other parts of our FIRST robot. . . .I hope to later buy an extra LT1 intake or a set of heads to practice on but for now this has been teaching me. - the polishing tools where'nt the greatest and i was given a set deadline on the sanding so i hope to later create a better mirror finish but for a first time this isn't too bad. . .
what the pieces of our robot looked before I sanded and polished them. . .
After I got done with the whole process . . . .
the finished results. . .
the object of the game for this year is to race around a circle track pick up 7 pound round ***** about the size of your robot. . .like the big huge ***** they gave you in elementry school P.E. then shoot them over an 8 ft overpass. . .our robot can shoot 15
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this is an example of what our robot looks like - this was a prototype over the summer that nasa in houston (our sister team) helped us with designing. . . .
every part of the robot has to be re-fabricated and rebuilt for the actual competition. . .we have 2 of everything to build a practice robot and a game robot. . .the life expectancy of these things is about 45 minutes minimum. . . – we have our first year robot that has survived 3 years now. . .
The robot is built by high school students with the help of engineering students and volunteers in a total of 6 weeks. . . .This is a hardcore robotics competition that's for sure. . .
what the pieces of our robot looked before I sanded and polished them. . .
After I got done with the whole process . . . .
the finished results. . .
the object of the game for this year is to race around a circle track pick up 7 pound round ***** about the size of your robot. . .like the big huge ***** they gave you in elementry school P.E. then shoot them over an 8 ft overpass. . .our robot can shoot 15
. this is an example of what our robot looks like - this was a prototype over the summer that nasa in houston (our sister team) helped us with designing. . . .
every part of the robot has to be re-fabricated and rebuilt for the actual competition. . .we have 2 of everything to build a practice robot and a game robot. . .the life expectancy of these things is about 45 minutes minimum. . . – we have our first year robot that has survived 3 years now. . .
The robot is built by high school students with the help of engineering students and volunteers in a total of 6 weeks. . . .This is a hardcore robotics competition that's for sure. . .
Cool robot! I was in the competition in junior high and high school, and then helped with the competitions when I was at Tech (this and the WT BEST competition). Very cool!
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Sounds fun. The polishing looks good 
I have had 3 robot projects while at OSU for mechanical engineering. Very hard work and long hours, but fun and rewarding. Especially when your team wins the competition 
I have had 3 robot projects while at OSU for mechanical engineering. Very hard work and long hours, but fun and rewarding. Especially when your team wins the competition yes - our body is simular to the one in the picture however we designed a turret mounted in the center of the robot that hosts a claw and what we use to launch our ball.