View Single Post
  #29   Spotlight this post!  
Unread 26-05-2014, 20:21
DampRobot's Avatar
DampRobot DampRobot is offline
Physics Major
AKA: Roger Romani
FRC #0100 (The Wildhats) and FRC#971 (Spartan Robotics)
Team Role: College Student
 
Join Date: Jan 2012
Rookie Year: 2010
Location: Stanford University
Posts: 1,277
DampRobot has a reputation beyond reputeDampRobot has a reputation beyond reputeDampRobot has a reputation beyond reputeDampRobot has a reputation beyond reputeDampRobot has a reputation beyond reputeDampRobot has a reputation beyond reputeDampRobot has a reputation beyond reputeDampRobot has a reputation beyond reputeDampRobot has a reputation beyond reputeDampRobot has a reputation beyond reputeDampRobot has a reputation beyond repute
Re: Physics of T-boning

I think the physical description of T boning described by this thread (including by me) is sort of incomplete. Why should it be easier for 971 with their octagonal frame to get out of pins than a rectangular bot of the same dimensions (and same drivetrain, same bumper fabric, etc)?

There's obviously some minimum torque needed to break off the bumper of the pinning robot, and shortening the length of the bumper against the pinning robot reduces this torque. But I'm still not sure exactly how it works.
__________________
The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be lighted.

-Plutarch