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BBFIRSTCHICK 09-01-2003 20:40

Modular Bots??
 
Just wants to see how many people might be going with Modular Bots.....

sanddrag 09-01-2003 20:47

Would you define modular please? Do you mean a removable subsystem?

Curtis Williams 09-01-2003 20:50

our team is building a modular bot. our current plan is to make two mount points on the front so 1 large or 2 small devices can be attatched.

asher 09-01-2003 21:03

team 31 has been modular since 2001 and we plan to be modular again this year, how many modes hasnt been determined yet.

asher

BBFIRSTCHICK 09-01-2003 21:53

Sorry I did not specify. Yes I mean removable subsystems

sanddrag 09-01-2003 22:27

Our robot will have retractable arms for sure. We will try to build a stacker and throw it on if there's time and wieght permits. The stacker is not allowed to interfere with the production of the rest of the bot. As for swapable subsystems, probably not.

Frank(Aflak) 09-01-2003 22:34

Quote:

Originally posted by sanddrag
Our robot will have retractable arms for sure. We will try to build a stacker and throw it on if there's time and wieght permits. The stacker is not allowed to interfere with the production of the rest of the bot. As for swapable subsystems, probably not.
what he said. You aren't on my team, are you?(kidding)

sanddrag 09-01-2003 22:37

Quote:

Originally posted by Frank(Aflak)
what he said. You aren't on my team, are you?(kidding)
Great minds think alike.:)

D@ve 09-01-2003 22:42

were looking into the posibilty. Not a 100% sure yet

evulish 09-01-2003 22:59

We're thinking of some modes for the bot. Confidential :P

Unknown to anybody outside our team...Chuck was modular last year. We in fact had a ball hopper...it was never used. It was destroyed after Nats to make space.

oreocookeee 10-01-2003 00:38

also we have a primary design, our team is considering building additional modules, mostly because we cant agree, but also because it would help us adapt to our opponent, and ally robots since there are so many different strategies.

srjjs 10-01-2003 00:47

If the point of being modular is to adapt to different opponents and allies, what happens when all four robots in a game are modular?
I forsee some kind of secret veil to be put over the robots and removed at the last possible moment so that nobody knows what mode you are in.

Suneet 10-01-2003 00:58

Rookies: Quick tip for modular bots: Note Rule M5. All your possible modular systems have to clear the 130lb weight limit, with all installed at the same time.

Katie Reynolds 10-01-2003 01:16

Quote:

Originally posted by Suneet
Rookies: Quick tip for modular bots: Note Rule M5. All your possible modular systems have to clear the 130lb weight limit, with all installed at the same time.
Not exactly. You can have 500 lbs of robot "stuff" ... but you can only put 130 lbs of it on the field at a time. Each module plus the drive base has to be 130 lbs or less. At the time of the inspection, you must weigh in each combination of modules that you will be putting on the field in order to pass the inspection.
Quote:

M5:
At the time of robot inspection, you must present all mechanisms that you will use on the robot during the entire competition event. It is acceptable, however, for a robot to play matches with a subset of the mechanisms that were present during inspection. Only mechanisms that were present during the inspection may be added, removed or reconfigured between matches. If subsets of mechanisms are changed between matches, the robot must still meet all inspection criteria. Robots must satisfy Rule M6 at all times.
- Katie

Suneet 10-01-2003 02:13

Quote:

Originally posted by Katie Reynolds
Not exactly. You can have 500 lbs of robot "stuff" ... but you can only put 130 lbs of it on the field at a time. Each module plus the drive base has to be 130 lbs or less. At the time of the inspection, you must weigh in each combination of modules that you will be putting on the field in order to pass the inspection.


- Katie

I think you're reading that rule incorrectly Katie.
"At the time of robot inspection, you must present all mechanisms that you will use on the robot during the entire competition event... Only mechanisms that were present during the inspection may be added, removed or reconfigured between matches." Means that you must pass the inspection with everything that will ever be on your robot installed. This means that all of them combined must be under 130lbs. If you change the systems, you have to be re-inspected.

I suppose in theory you could design three or four different systems, with the robot being in weight limits if only one of them was on, but every time you swapped out the system, you would need to be re-inspected. Have any teams done this, I wonder?


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