no weight is transfered to the carpet.

after 10 seconds that becomes pinning. and, in the time it would take to back away, we can easily lift our arms up at the last second.

Whats the distance from the HDPE to the underside of your arms?

0 inches

our downrigging system comes out of the end of the first section of arms (not pictured in any of the previuous photos), locks into place, and weight is transferred to pads, adding more stability. however, if you are simply refering to height, its about 9 inches, but, unless you have a super skinny bot, your not going to make it past our downriggers

I was thinking more along the lines of "through" rather than under

I have to say it looks amazing. If you guys are the first ones to the HDPE I am not sure what teams will do to stop you.

One thing I would say, is I sure hope you have a couple extra sets of your outrigers, because I see you have to replace bent ones a lot.

That was my thought too...It looks amazing, and has the potential to truely dominate a match. But if those wings are made of aluminum-which it appears that they are- I hope that you have plenty of spare parts.

that is T6 aluminum tubing. Hard to bend, but yes, its going to happen. Weve got backups.

Thanks Everyone
 

Id just like to take this moment to thank everyone for their incisive input. We here at T3 will take what you all have said into serious consideration for problems. Keep up the good work!

May I ask...
 

Team 222 is attending AZ, I am wondering how your partner is going to score 25 points if you are blocking the whole ramp?

Can you bring back in the forks after you deployed them?

GOOD LUCK


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can you individually control the downriggers on the bar in order to temporarily allow your teammate to go under the bar and to the other side of the field?

Yes, we can independently raise and lower the section that goes over the bar on each side.

Awesome... You guys have obviously thought this through and through..



You must know that your robot will be pushed and plowed repeatedly by very strong teams.. what have you done to make sure your robot is the strongest? any special features?

Also, how fast are you to the top of the ramp? If you're not number one, those extending wings are useless..




still- kudos for that amazing bot..

Re: May I ask...
 

besides being able to lift our arms up to allow people to get next to us, we have staggered our arms, allowing people to sit nect to us, against our arms. And, as for being the first to the ramp, our robot is fast. But, suppose another teem gets there first, we simply lower our first section of arms, move bins around, and then finally, move the other bot out of our way. Not only are we a very fast bot, but a very strong one too.

How long does it take you to get to the HDPE in autonomous?