I wanna know how much those huge metal beams weigh.

Greg

i dont see this robot as doing very well for king of the hill, i might be mistaken but if the arms dont have contact with the platform i see your robot spinning around when someone goes after the end of your arm

the two beams with the centers in them weigh in at 35Lbs.


Just think if you get these long arms spinning like a top and someone tries to come close what do you think is going to happen.


the low center of gravity and the way the tracks are we have pretty good traction on the top of the ramp.


the point is not to be at the top until the end of the match. Full speed with arms out will push a couple of robots off the edge.

the arms and a strong robot will be good to knock over anybody stack even if they try to stop us. remember if your robot is touching any part of your stack that stack does not count. if a robot pushes into your own stack then you lose those points.


This is just some of the thing a strong robot can do. The field is open due because our robot can go under the bar so it would be hard to block


for those fast robot that knock the center stack down quickly our arms are wide enought to push them back up and over the ramp.

Not if they have a firm hold. Track systems are good on top of the ramp and on the carpet. The ramp slopes however poses a problem. One of the reasons for having a track drive is for more points of contact. At the top and the bottom of the ramp you lose the advantage contact points, and you are no different than a four wheel drive robot. So, if a robot on top has a firm hold close to the edge of the ramp, odds are your tracks are no advantage. Note: the center idle wheel could also cause you to teeter at the top.

Explain exactly what you mean by this.

Greg

DId you say 7' 2"?

With that span and the side area by the bars only being 6' wide a see a small problem with going under the bar.

looks to be a very simple robot. which is good, as simple robots are easier to fix, and they seem to break less often than complex ones. The tracks will give you guys plenty of power and traction. I dont know how well those arms will be at blocking robots, bu they look like they could be hepful in herding boxes/ stacks around. Nice job. Good luck

Thank you Mr.Norton for explaining every thing, there are some doubters out there in this crowd

That is with the arms fully extended. Think about it if we were 7'2" to start we wouldn't fit in the box!

Yes but if we come up the ramp at full power we will just go through you..... And i know that our driver has no problem doing that we have destroyed other robots in the past!!!!! :D

Um yeah, Last I checked I don't think you are literally supposed to destroy your opponent, but what do I know.

Yes well stuff happens at time!!!! :D

yah...i thought that too...

Well we are not out there to destroy anyone just to have some fun and we are going to be the KING OF THE HILL and thats the way we have come up with staying on the top...

Not since I've been in FIRST. Ive seen a few collisions that caused some breaking, but not intentional damage..

Yeah, which would lead to DQ's if the refs believe is necessary