Re: The Triple Tortuga is Contest born.
 

Ehh, put some bumpers on that thing and the extra weight will keep it stable. ;)

Maybe a battery restraint device too. (Were there 2 batteries?)

Re: The Triple Tortuga is Contest born.
 

There will be bumpers. But their added weight isn't much and profile increase are demerits in my opinion.

We restrained the battery, but had a velcro fail.

No, just one battery, but the PDP fell out too.

Just a prototype, don'tcha know. :)

Re: The Triple Tortuga is Contest born.
 

We exist, but we don't feel loved. :(

Re: The Triple Tortuga is Contest born.
 

Thank you so much for this video. I laughed and laughed and laughed.

Many thanks.

Dr. Joe J.

Re: The Triple Tortuga is Contest born.
 

Contrary to what Chief Delphi polls show, they will probably be the majority. The kit bot chassis comes with standard 6" wheels like other years, and I'm sure some teams that were interested in them gave up on the idea when the wheels and chassis modifications from AM sold out in the first week.

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I cannot wait to see all those bumpers and batteries laying on the field this year :yikes:

+1. We were driving our robot around and a decently robust battery holder that could probably survive an entire regional with most games pooped out the battery up. Granted there was no top strap but still.

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I'm gonna pop into here to add yet another bold prediction to Joe's contest.

Since the introduction of the Copioli/JVN kitbot transmissions in 2005 and the wonderful evolution of both the KoP drive system and COTs drive systems we've become accustomed to "robot moves" being taken for granted. This is really one of the first years where I see that being questionable for many teams. There's an abundance of teams doing custom drive systems for the first time. Couple this with the fact that crossing some of these barriers is going to be rough and you have a recipe for bad.

Driving isn't going to be assumed. Turning even less so.

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Yeah I cant wait to see the Dukes of Stronghold hit the defenses with those bouncy pneumatic tires and land wheels up. The season highlights should be hilarious completed with barrel rolls and near misses. Points if someone lands on a ball and flips over because of it.

Better test and test and test some more!

Makes me think of that video from 07 when 48 hits a tube and lands upside-down.

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I wonder how many teams planned on being able to flip themselves back on track(s) if(when) that happens

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You'll probably need that caffeine to get all those robots unstuck...

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I see what you're doing, pulling at my heart strings by referencing a TV show from my misspent youth.
I know what you're doing but it worked.

I hereby ask FIRST to make a rule that eemcees at Stronghold competitions must use that term whenever a robot that gets air crossing a defense.

If the robot crashes spectacularly we can have the eemcee make yet another TV reference from the 70s:



"A robot barely alive... ...We can rebuild it. We have the technology. We can make it better than it was. Better, stronger, faster" cue music...

Ah yes, decades ago but in my mind it was like it was yesterday...

Dr. Joe J.

Re: The Triple Tortuga is Contest born.
 

Maybe shorten it to Dukebots. And stuff like vaulting over other robots might become normal.

It has happened.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5nnGGRi-94

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Not my video, but through a facebook share, I have a week 0 single tortuga:

https://www.facebook.com/MBR4272/vid...60004/?fref=nf

Cheval de fail? :D At least it wasn't an actual match...