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Re: Let's Talk About The Bridge:

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Originally Posted by davidthefat View Post
How much force is required to bring the ramp down?
It's ~10 lbs at an end of the bridge. (estimation)

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Originally Posted by KrazyCarl92 View Post
What about placing an accelerometer on the robot that allows it to autonomously balance on the bridge? You could have it detect when you are unbalanced on the bridge then press a button that activates the auto-balance and drives to correct the imbalance. Just tell whomever you are balancing with that you have this auto-balancing feature and you have yourself 20 points or 10 points and a 2 point CP bonus as the case may be!
That's actually ridiculously easy; I coded that from scratch on the 1hr drive back from the kickoff.
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