15-05-2011, 22:13
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Boiler Strong.
AKA: Ben Carson
 FRC #0461 (Westside Boiler Invasion) Team Role: Alumni
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Join Date: Dec 2010
Rookie Year: 2010
Location: West Lafayette, Indiana
Posts: 864
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Re: Minibot Ramp
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Originally Posted by Richard
The cycloid curve solves the classic (~300 year old) brachistochrone problem. The important feature of a such a "curve of fastest descent" it that it converts all of the falling particle's energy from vertical to horizontal motion in the least time. Applying the same criterion in reverse, to convert a minibot's energy from horizontal to (upward) vertical motion, will yeild the same curve.
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Ah. Thanks for all the help.
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