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Originally Posted by eedoga
Hey Nuttyman,
SO...the tri-wheels were a sort of...all or nothing sort of idea. The kids made something out of legos...but as for a genuine prototype I don't think they did anything. I'm sort of hoping they got it right. They modeled it in inventor and are going to town building it/ordering parts...At this point it might be a suicide mission where they end up with no robot. I'm sort of hoping that isn't the case. In the least the idea is that they will keep fixing/figiting until it works.
As for the transition...I'm not sure the kids have figured that one out either. The original idea was to just ram into the pole...There is an arm mechanism that mounts on the top and folds down which they will probably end up using, and they are planning on having the tri-wheels whirring away as they drive into the pole. Worst case they are going to mount a teflon-V in the center square to slide onto pole.
Absolute worst case situation the kids will add a pusher to the back to help tilt the robot up.
great...now I'm worried.
Edoga
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I'm not sure if you have already tested this, but our team tested a similar idea when we were making our climber. It worked very well for getting over the knuckles. I don't want to lead you the wrong way, but I think that it should be able to work if you follow Paul's advice.
Goodluck! Can't wait for the real reveal!