WE ROBOT 2705 - 30 point climb
 

Here's a picture of our robot's 30 point climb :)

http://www.ism-werobot.com/2013/01/w...nt-hang/robot/

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Video?

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Video?

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Seconded. Thirded

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Is it legit? I don't see how it did it by itself.

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Fourthed

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I'll post a video tomorrow :)

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Fifthed

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It does look a bit like it is just held up by a piece of 80/20 clamped on. As if they were just trying to show what the robot will look like when they do climb. Then again, the 80/20 might be under the rung (not supporting the robot). It is kind of hard to tell though.

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How fast is it?

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It took about two minutes today (but we stopped on each level and paused for a bit). Hopefully we'll get it down to about a minute soon.

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I believe the polycarb is the device they use to reach up to the next level and then ratchet themselves up with the red strap to grab with the robot. Then they unwind the ratchet to reach up to the next level.

I like it a lot.

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Well this created quite the buzz, didn't it.

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Would you be opposed to a small group of Bloomington students coming over to see how you guys did it? =O

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Do you realize how many people are not going to sleep tonight? :).

Here's my guess on how it works...

Could it work this way? Polycarbonate is up with a cable or cables attached about 3 inches from the end. Drive under, pull up to pyramid cable towards pyramid. Start pulling the cable down and the polycarbonate goes on the other side of the bar. An angle is formed between the polycarbonate and the cable where the horizontal bar on the pyramid rests. As you wind up the bot is lifted. Get to a point where you rotate out or over the bar, two hooks that you hang from (or the bot goes up and over and hangs from). Release poly carbonate, then pull yourself up to the next level.

We'll know for sure if they post a video.