[Travis Covington]

We are actully not that top heavy...when the arm is down our cg is ~ 11 inches above the floor centered ~4 inches in front of the rear wheels.

The reason we kept tipping was because this was the first time our drivers drove the robot on the ramp. The problems arose because they would jerk the joystick backwards while moving forwards down the ramp. This will obviously make a robot that is even remotley high to become tipsy.. We had our drivers practice outside some and came back the last 2 matches without tipping over.

It took them some time to realize not to change direction while moving on the ramp...

The amrs on the other hand...work really well, but seem completely useless...stacking just doesnt seem like a worth while cause

We are talking about building some sort of device to knock the boxes down and re-installing our gearboxes (which were removed because we were 30lbs over weight..notice the 2 drill motors and nothing else?)

So you guys might see a totally different robot in pheonix...that is if we can rebuild this beast in the next 2 days