Thread: Minibot's triggering targets?
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Unread 06-03-2011, 10:23
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Re: Minibot's triggering targets?
They came around and showed us at kettering that there are bolts that stick down out of the trip plate that don't move.

So if your robots hit those bolts the plate will not move and the tower will not be tripped.

The plates were not designed right. The bolts should have been mounted solid to the bottom plate and slide up through the top plate so that no mater where you hit the plate would still be tripped.

At kettering they used stop watches at each tower and confirmed against the computer. They field crew was very busy all weekend and should of had more help. Between the field comunication issues, driver station issues, and minibot issues. There was no time for them to help teams with communication issues with the field. Also there where only 2 practice rounds the whole event, meaning only about 12 of the 40 teams got to make one practice round. Everyone else didn't get a single practice round.