28-01-2016, 20:04
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Mad Scientist
AKA: Me
 FRC #2040 (DERT) Team Role: Engineer
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Join Date: Apr 2005
Rookie Year: 2003
Location: Peoria, IL
Posts: 1,969
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Re: Bumper Update
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Originally Posted by Blizzard3197
Okay, so the gap for the ball is 10-12 inches, right? And the rules state that there must be 8 inches on either side of the opening from the corner out, like figure 4-3, bottom left robot. So 10+8+8=26, which is a lot. And that would not work for our previous diagram for our robot.
Though we're playing around with the idea of an arm/sucker combo with wheels to suck up the ball and the arm to aim.
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Your math is correct. If you want to bring the ball in, through the bumpers, at the balls widest point then you need at least 26" (10"+8"+8") of frame perimeter on that side.
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