Quote:
Originally Posted by JB987
Or a robot could be built with a sturdy flat deck 11" high and side rails and position itself just an inch or so under edge of the bridge. Partner bot could drive up the other side of bridge which would lower onto low bot deck and partner could carefully drive onto deck of low bot (which could latch onto top bot, back up, lower bridge and drive up and position itself just past fulcrum). This assumes the top bot has a reasonably lower center of gravity itself and both are skilled drivers  Lowbot contributes 10 each match in quals and 20 in elims...not bad for a team contribution. Not 987's cup of tea but could be option for others  |
57 actually came up with this idea when we were sketching out the plan of our robot and we had all this unused space in front of our shooter/conveyor tower. Since we seem incapable of passing up a crazy ramp scheme, we'll be investigating the feasibility of this scheme this weekend. From our point of view, there's little downside, since all it costs us is a little weight and cramming our electronics under that deck.
Now to ask the GDC if we could apply for a waiver on <G27> on ourselves, since balancing the coopertition bridge would be so much easier with an opponent robot on top of us.....