Chief Delphi - Wave Robotics 2826 Mini-bot 1.45 sec!

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Originally Posted by JesseK (Post 1025862)

Forgive my cynical pragmatism: I just don't see the point in gloating about a 1.6 second minibot that doesn't have the battery or switches onboard. On the other hand, the grippy material is a fun teaser; I have an idea but I'd need to test it to see if it's truly grippier than rubber.

When we did the very first test with this proto, we did not have the battery connected, simply tethered to a battery and switch pack. We were pretty excited when it climbed the pole over 10 tests with min and max times of 0.55 seconds and 0.75 seconds, and the reason the slower times occurred was because we never changed the battery. It was really fun to reverse the motors and see it shoot down the pole at least twice as fast as it climbed

Then... reality set in. We added the boat anchor and it wouldn't move a millimeter let alone climb the pole. The math supported the possibility of this working, but we probably skipped a few days in some past math classes. We found a simple way to increase torque and we were at where the video showed.

All in all, we produced 12 radically different prototypes and 3 iterations of the one you saw in the video. I can guarantee that others have a faster minibot than we do, so by no means are we gloating. We only wanted this post to show everyone that perseverance will pay off in the end. We also wanted to show that Winnovation's inspiring video was not a fake and that the results are repeatable independently. When we meet 1625 at Midwest, I am sure they will have a sub 1 second minibot (but maybe we will too;) )