Matthias Paul Scholz's

Robots:

Dicke Bertha (Blue Ball Gun)

Robots		Created: August 2006
		The Blue Ball Gun Dicke Bertha (German for: Big Bertha) came into being as a contribution to a challenge on NXTasy.org which comprised the throwing of the blue ball contained in the NXT kit as far as possible (without using elastic pieces or pneumatics). Yet, it's firing range of app. 90 cm (1 yard) proved to be far too small to be a reasonable candidate for victory. The part actually propelling the ball has been inspired by the Zambor shooter of LEGO's Bionicle Piraka series.
	Movie of Dicke Bertha Movie of Dicke Bertha (low res version) Movie of Dicke Bertha firing on Goliath Typ II Movie displaying the firing range of Dicke Bertha	Dicke Bertha Dicke Bertha, viewed from aft Dicke Bertha: elevation mechanism Dicke Bertha: firing device Dicke Bertha: ball clutch Dicke Bertha: ball clutch