Thread: Team 997 Spartan Robotics "Ultamate Ascent" Climber (vid)
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Re: Team 997 Spartan Robotics "Ultamate Ascent" Climber (vid)
Nice work. As others have mentioned, the swinging is a problem, in that it is slowing you down. Perhaps you could deploy a pool noodle as a forward protrusion (either a loop or a stick) to impact the departed bar on the return swings and have a dampening effect on the swinging. Should not take much...just something soft and flexible to touch the crossbar and take energy out of each swing of the robot.
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