Obstructions
 

We found that you could stack the totes so they would catch the edge of the ramp. This seriously impedes the progrress up the ramp. It is like pushing the enitre ramp. It certainly slowed down our autonomous mode.

I want to ask again are you guys posting times with no obstructions in autonomous or did you even think about it?

Our robot stays true even when you put the bins next to the ramp, or any other place. The only place that will slow our robot down will be under the bar. And I said slow us down. Our robot can push the bins under the bar. I would like to see any other robot try that.


I know robots will be there in about 3 to 4 seconds. We will be close but if they do knock the bins over be ready to have them come back at you.

If you are fast you better be strong because if you are not the bins will come back at you and your robot will be pushed out of the way.

Sparky 4: Scorpian takes only 3 seconds.

Papa told me I could go to heck for lying.
 

I'll believe it when I see it. In other words, post a video already!



Can you do this even while stacking the bins right side up?

Our robot is packed and shipped. You will have to wait until UCF to see this happen.

The bins do not look like bins when they do go under the bar. :)


You have to be one of those people that said we couldn't pull as much as we did last year.

take a look at Heat Wave on it's back holding onto two goals. we drag them across the field with the two goals

this is when we turn Heat Wave:
http://www.valleytech.k12.ma.us/Robo...g%20Robot2.jpg

This is when we dragged them:
http://www.valleytech.k12.ma.us/Robo...ng%20Robot.jpg

just think we have more power this year because of the new drills.;)

these were last year belts from BrecoFlex:
http://www.valleytech.k12.ma.us/Robo...s/MVC-673S.JPG

You can call BrecoFlex and they will give you the specs on these belts. We went to a stronger belt this year.

ramp edge
 

Yes even with the totes right side up. There is an edge at the bottom of the ramp and the totes have a straight edge that is about 5/8 of an inch at the bottom. Depending on ramp edge we found the totes could act as quite a block. It was done to us at scrimmage.

Oh I remember you now - you're the guy who claimed to drag us all over the field at KSC. Still looking for that video. See you at UCF.

OK now we have seen all the pics of you "dragging" heatwave across the feild, lets see the pic of your national championship trophey?

Whats that you say? You don't have one? Oh ok well then lets see a regional championship trophey? None of those either?

OK so let your play on the feild show who you are, and stop flapping your jaw here.

DA1 DQ5

To make this thread slightly more on-topic, we hit the boxes in 6-7 seconds in autonomous mode, slightly longer if a human is driving.

I'd say that two seconds sounds about right. From what i've seen, some teams are doing a lot more than making it to the ramp in two seconds.