Originally Posted by Justin Ridley (Post 1274459)

Taking the climber off prior to our first regional was 100% not due to weight. It was instead due to the fact that it just wasn't good enough. Good enough for us was a 10-15 second climb. This was the metric we were shooting for during the 6 weeks. When we went into the bag, the climber was at its best 30-45 seconds to line up to the pyramid and climb to the top. After seeing how discs were being scored in the week 1 regionals we decided we could add a simple 10 point hang and score more than the 20 "extra" climb points with discs in those last 45 seconds.

With the climber we were right near 120lbs. Removing it allowed us to "put weight" into other systems and make them better, increasing the overall scoring potential of the robot.

In addition the climbing was always extremely nerve racking and we weren't at the point where we had confidence we wouldn't fall. Taking it off and eliminating the possibility of a tournament ending face plant was a side benefit of our decision.

We kept working on the climber but realized it was never going to meet our speed metric. In addition we'd need to re-lighten mechanisms back to their original config to put it back. We decided the robot would always be better overall without it.

It was a cool climbing method that we spent A LOT of time on. It's too bad it didn't pan out but it was fun to work on and taught us a lot.

Originally Posted by Justin Ridley (Post 1274459)

Taking the climber off prior to our first regional was 100% not due to weight. It was instead due to the fact that it just wasn't good enough. Good enough for us was a 10-15 second climb. This was the metric we were shooting for during the 6 weeks. When we went into the bag, the climber was at its best 30-45 seconds to line up to the pyramid and climb to the top. After seeing how discs were being scored in the week 1 regionals we decided we could add a simple 10 point hang and score more than the 20 "extra" climb points with discs in those last 45 seconds.

With the climber we were right near 120lbs. Removing it allowed us to "put weight" into other systems and make them better, increasing the overall scoring potential of the robot.

Originally Posted by DevenStonow (Post 1274462)

Just out of curiousity, what were some of the additional improvements you made?

Originally Posted by Abhishek R (Post 1274510)

How did the extensions near the ground pickup work, the ones used to gather all 7 discs in autonomous? Did it extend out as the match started, or was it always in the extended position? I never got a chance to look at it closely...

Originally Posted by apples000 (Post 1274668)

I'd also love to see some pictures of their climber. I stopped by their pit in St Louis to see their floor pickup, but I've never seen the climber up close.

Originally Posted by Iaquinto.Joe (Post 1274712)

Their 30pt climber was taken off due to weight issues.

Originally Posted by Justin Ridley

Taking the climber off prior to our first regional was 100% not due to weight. It was instead due to the fact that it just wasn't good enough. Good enough for us was a 10-15 second climb. This was the metric we were shooting for during the 6 weeks. When we went into the bag, the climber was at its best 30-45 seconds to line up to the pyramid and climb to the top. After seeing how discs were being scored in the week 1 regionals we decided we could add a simple 10 point hang and score more than the 20 "extra" climb points with discs in those last 45 seconds.

With the climber we were right near 120lbs. Removing it allowed us to "put weight" into other systems and make them better, increasing the overall scoring potential of the robot.

In addition the climbing was always extremely nerve racking and we weren't at the point where we had confidence we wouldn't fall. Taking it off and eliminating the possibility of a tournament ending face plant was a side benefit of our decision.

We kept working on the climber but realized it was never going to meet our speed metric. In addition we'd need to re-lighten mechanisms back to their original config to put it back. We decided the robot would always be better overall without it.

It was a cool climbing method that we spent A LOT of time on. It's too bad it didn't pan out but it was fun to work on and taught us a lot.

Originally Posted by ohrly? (Post 1280765)

Could anyone explain to me how their hopper worked? Also, if any one has clear photos of it, that would be amazing!

Originally Posted by ohrly? (Post 1280876)

Do you know how they got Frisbees into the hopper? It seemed like they pushed them in from the bottom, but I couldn't figure out how they make room under the other Frisbees.