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Re: Mini bot Brain
I've been thinking about this lately and have come to the conclusion that you could just wire up the mini bot to always be turning the motors, if that's how you're doing it, and completely get rid of the brain. It would save weight and space. Also being someone who is loaning out mini bots it saves me the worry of what would happen if a NXT brick were to fall from over 10 feet. I don't know about you guys, but I don't think it will be a good result. And to stop what is going to be the immediate next question if I don't answer it now. Yes, you could shield the brain to survive that fall, but again you add weight and space, as well as extra design time that could be used instead for practice.
The only problem I see with this is it would drain the battery during a match, but then again we have light switches we can use so why not turn it on when it hits the pole.
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Originally Posted by wilsonmw04
Can the NXT handle the shock of hitting the top?
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Hitting the top should be fine, but not hitting the bottom from the top
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Last edited by jamie_1930 : 17-01-2011 at 21:39.
Reason: Wasn't thinking out what I wanted to put down
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