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Unread 18-03-2003, 16:40
Andy Brockway Andy Brockway is offline
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FRC #0716 (Who'sCTEKS)
Team Role: Engineer
 
Join Date: Apr 2002
Rookie Year: 2001
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We use the gyro (Team 716) only after we reach the top and go over the other side and only to tell the robot to stop. The rest is dead reckoning. We started to use the gyro to increase speed at the bottom of the ramp but found it too sensitive to bouncing. This caused the robot to think it had reached the top. It is not good to stop on your way up!

We were pretty consistent at taking the end three stacks using the two supplied batteries. We were lucky and had 1/2 to 1 hour between matches to ensure we had charged batteries.

The best matches are the ones when two robots reach the top at the same time and pass each other! We did this in a match against Buzz (175). Totes everywhere!