02-08-2011, 20:21
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...and you can't! teach! that!
 FRC #5402 (Iron Kings); no team (AndyMark) Team Role: Mentor
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Join Date: Feb 2004
Rookie Year: 2004
Location: The Land of the Kokomese, IN
Posts: 8,475
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Re: motorized robot carts
1293 modified a robot for parade duty in 2005, and it ended with me having to push around 200 pounds of robot and spare batteries mounted onboard for a half-mile to the parade end (including resistance from one of the gearboxes that was still engaged with its wheel). I had a lot of great memories with 1293...that was not one of them.
When your cart breaks*, what is your contingency for making sure the drive team can get the robot there safely and without exhausting themselves?
Something to consider.
*I'm not questioning your fabrication skills, but you know what will happen if you design with the assumption that it won't break....
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William "Billfred" Leverette - Gamecock/ Jessica Boucher victim/ Marketing & Sales Specialist at AndyMark
2004-2006: FRC 1293 (D5 Robotics) - Student, Mentor, Coach
2007-2009: FRC 1618 (Capital Robotics) - Mentor, Coach
2009-2013: FRC 2815 (Los Pollos Locos) - Mentor, Coach - Palmetto '09, Peachtree '11, Palmetto '11, Palmetto '12
2010: FRC 1398 (Keenan Robo-Raiders) - Mentor - Palmetto '10
2014-2016: FRC 4901 (Garnet Squadron) - Co-Founder and Head Bot Coach - Orlando '14, SCRIW '16
2017-: FRC 5402 (Iron Kings) - Mentor
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