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Unread 10-01-2003, 08:05
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Originally posted by matt sorgenfrei
I think you have about three robots in one there. Unless I am totaly mistaken, winning a pushing battle on the ramp and being able to stack bins (which will now be rounded down) are two totally different and equally difficult challenges. Pushing bins around is straightforward enough, but having a robot that can also stack them and also win a pushing battle up on the ramp sounds like a lot for six weeks. I'm not saying it can't be done, in fact I'm sure it WILL be done, but it probably wont be too easy.
Matt, I said we thought of strategy, then what the robot had to do. We don't look at how the robot preforms the tasks because that limits your creativity. And the example I gave with the small pusher robot that had to be fast, able to win a pushing battle, and able to push arround boxes was one of the strategies we came up with. A task such as that could easily be overcome with either a switching transmition, or multiple motors on the drive train. Speed * Torque = Power... the more motors you have, the more power you get. Therefore, the more power you have, the more speed AND torque you have. and the Chiapua and new 1/2" Bosch will provide a lot of power.
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