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Unread 29-03-2011, 00:54
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Re: Minibot deployment

We used the kiss rule in designing ours. We had a drawer system, rigged to surgical tubing, so it acted sort of like an underpowered sling shot. A servo, which was rigged to hold it in place, acted as the trigger. Our camera was behind the minibot with a screw sticking out to serve as a sight. In order to deploy, you had to push both the 11 and 6 buttons on the Logitech joystick, which is hard to do accidentally. Our team diligently worked hard at figuring out this system after finding out our first one was illegal due to incorrect plastic. Sadly, it took the whole three days to figure it all out, and we never got to try it. It was ready to use in the finals, though, because we ended up being first backup. Not bad for a team with 1/3 of a robot (our arm was also deemed illegal due to an improper motor.)