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Re: Pink sighting at Troy District
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Originally Posted by SamMullen
I'm obviously missing something here. How does having a ramp on the robot help with deploying the minibot?
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Let me preface these comments by saying I am a chemistry teacher by profession, and everything I have learned about mechanical engineering has been from my own searching in trying to guide the robotics team that I coach and the wonderful mentors that I get to work with. Hopefully I get this next bit right. 
There is a trade off between speed and torque. Usually the minibot needs enough torque to start accelerating vertically from zero. Many teams have smoked a motor watching them stall under this load as they attempt to create faster minibots. The ramp concept allows the robot to accelerate horizontally and then carry some of that momentem into the vertical climb. It should allow for a larger wheel without stalling the motors. These ramp bots are also already at top speed as they cross the 18 inch deployment line while a traditional minibot will still be accelerating.
I got my first glimpse of this system from the Hawaii webcast and team 368. Needless to say, it was impressive.
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