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Re: Team 1629 GaCo's Test Bot On Field

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Originally Posted by krupinski (Post 798486)

wow.. are you guys planning on having any kind of ball capture?

This is a prototype to test out the field conditions...This is NOT their complete robot.

A couple questions:

Does this thing weigh the full 120+bumpers/battery?
Did you have any feedback to determine when you are slipping or did you just limit your acceleration?
Is it as easy to control as it looks?
Any problems you've run into?

Re: Team 1629 GaCo's Test Bot On Field

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Originally Posted by E. Wood (Post 798208)

The Robot actually turns better than I expected.

That appears to be the general consensus. Most people apparently overestimated the lack of friction, including us. I still agree that most people probably won't be going too much faster than that.

Re: Team 1629 GaCo's Test Bot On Field

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Originally Posted by ICanCountTo19 (Post 798740)

A couple questions:

Does this thing weigh the full 120+bumpers/battery?
Did you have any feedback to determine when you are slipping or did you just limit your acceleration?
Is it as easy to control as it looks?
Any problems you've run into?

The Bot did not weigh anywhere close to 120 pounds. My best guess would be not more than 60 lbs. We only limited the acceleration by hand (slowly moving the joystick). It was also fairly easy to control, once you get used to the fact that you can't let the wheels spin and that you have to go easy on the joystick. One problem was that you cant just let go of the joystick to stop. If you do this you will slide. You have to slowly decrease the power just like you were accelerating from a stop. A steady and gentle hand is definitely a good thing. Also let the trailer help you turn. This comes naturally after a 30 minutes or so or practice.