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I am not sure that the new update precludes robot on robot. The bottom robot is touching the ramp and it is supported by the ramp. It doesn't matter that there is another robot on top of it. However, one could also argue that the upper robot must be supported by the ramp by default since it is on a robot completely supported by the ramp. Hmmmm seems more clarification is needed here for sure. |
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Completely unrelated to all of the posts in this thread so far, but I have a new question:
Do these measurements seem accurate? If not, are they close enough that it doesn't really matter? ![]() |
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OUr team was mulling over an idea like this. Two non driven wheels with no interaction with the drive train are on the end of a rotating arm of sorts. THis arm is left horizontal at the base of the robot within all wheels and bumpers while drivng. When robot is approaching the bridge the arm is pushed down, pushing the wheels onto the ground lifting the front end of the robot off the ground high enough to place front wheels on bridge. Back wheels can still drive robot forward to get front wheels over bridge edge. Then the arm is pulled back and the robots weight pulls the bridge down with the front wheels already on and alternate wheels stowed back below.
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IMHO, each robot should have a bumper grabber to aid in bridge balancing by latching on to their neighbor. You have a pretty good (but not perfect) idea where your partner's bumper will be so it shouldn't be too difficult. Perhaps not a top priority though. |
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the center of gravity of your own robots's a counterweight
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Based on the calcs that I have done (from the info the video provides plus the other data from the rules, etc.),
There's a lot to think about... ...fun fun fun... Joe J. |
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Thanks for the analysis Joe....
Do we know exactly how far the Bridge edge is from the wall. We have it at around 1 inch. Can anyone confirm this from taking measurements from the actual demo field? |
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Does anyone have the wieght of a battery handy?
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IIRC, they're ~15 lbs
Edit: looking it up, they're 6.2 kilograms = 13.6686603 pounds (from the datasheet) |
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[Semi-teaser] Once you realize that getting FOUR full size robots on the bridge is quite possible without them overlapping, then the ways for easily getting three on and balanced start to look a lot easier to accomplish.
-RRLedford |
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