Mini Bot Power [Archive]

TGA Reaper

11-01-2011, 22:47

I know that you can't control the mini bot in any way, but I was wondering in the interest weight reduction if you could power the mini bot from the host bot.

thoughts on legality?

BJC

11-01-2011, 22:55

It's not allowed. Not only can your mini bot not extend outside 12" by 12" by 12", but your big robot now cannot assist the mini-bot up the pole in any way. It must go up by its own power. Furthermore, a mini-bot now can't store energy in flywheels, surgical tubing, etc. All of this based on the week 1 update found here.

http://usfirst.org/roboticsprograms/frc/content.aspx?id=450

TGA Reaper

11-01-2011, 22:58

It's not allowed. Not only can your mini bot not extend outside 12" by 12" by 12", but your big robot now cannot assist the mini-bot up the pole in any way. It must go up by its own power. Furthermore, a mini-bot now can't store energy in flywheels, surgical tubing, etc. All of this based on the week 1 update found here.

http://usfirst.org/roboticsprograms/frc/content.aspx?id=450

ah I did not see the second page of the update, thanks

also wouldn't the wheel act as a fly wheel?

EricH

11-01-2011, 23:34

ah I did not see the second page of the update, thanks

also wouldn't the wheel act as a fly wheel?
Sure, but if you look at those handy blue boxes, that would count as incidental kinetic energy.