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How Do you Climb the Rope?
What ideas have people had so far? This is a crazy task and I think we are going to see a lot of different designs.
I also think a lot of teams are going to overlook the act of acquiring the rope before climbing it. What are the different designs that people expect to see? |
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I see the main challenge as grabbing and enveloping the rope, so it doesn't "pop out" during the climb.
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I think with a proper loop, a metal hook attached to a winch could grab on to it. You'd need to be careful to avoid digging into the carpet though.
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My team has a vague idea. Tie one knot on the rope, just below the maximum height of the robot. Have a mechanism on the back with a claw the width of the rope, and moves up and down between the bottom and top of the bot. Move the claw to the top of the bot, grab the rope above the knot, and pull the robot up.
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Look up some lego rope climbing robots. My team has gotten some inspiration from some of the smaller lego robots.
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We're working four different prototype tracks for climbing. We figured out pretty quickly that securing the rope would be the fiddly bit.
All but "wringer" involve pulling the rope with a winch/drum/spool. Wringer is more like a continuous intake mechanism. |
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My team is considering using a Velcro rope and a Velcro cylinder to pick up the Velcro. It was tested and proven it can lift a robot
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https://www.rei.com/c/ascenders-and-...cenders&page=1 All you need is 2 of those and friction to ascend a line, no knots or loops needed. Or even a set of prusik knots to get up the rope. That being said I think we are going to see a lot of rotary systems as they lean on strengths teams have already developed in the past. |
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We are working on our first prototype design...we'll see what fun things it does, that we didn't anticipate. I'd like us to be able to use the field rope, one less thing to do before/after a match.
It's a neat challenge! And we're working on it right away, first time ever that we've been concentrating on the end game at the beginning of build season. |
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My team is considering a pulley with a clamp on it so it will clamp onto the rope and then spin the pulley thus pulling the robot up with it.
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any one thinking cat claw line pulley...or is that causing too much damage to said rope...even if teams rope..
has any one gotten a yes or no on velcro tape on rope.. I hacesee some bots in 3 days use lots of things that are not rope.. |
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