have to start guessing...
All right... Just getting desperate about this... Got to start guessing what the robot looks like. Looking at the picture right now, the bot’s height is about 55" tall not counting the diamond plate base at the bottom (base on the size of soccer ball). That base right now is way longer than 36 inch, so the only conclusion I can make is that this is their crate they are taking a picture of.
So now, we can't use this picture to guess the robot.
Well, there are still data we can use from past years for an educated guess. And if you seen enough CD bots, you would know what kind of design they would do.
I've seen two CD robots. CD5 and 6.
Back at 2000, CD5 could go under the limbo bar, hang on the center bar, extend basket to score balls, lower basket to collect balls, and extend basket to get balls from enemy goal, stay on ramp. And it can go side way. In other words, it can do EVERYTHING. No transmission on drive train. However, a pretty complicated robot.
Last year at 2001, CD6 could go under the limbo bar, get big balls, probably get small balls, grab goals, balance off the bridge, go into end zone, and go sideway. Again, in other words, it can do EVERYTHING. No transmission on drive train neither. Again, a really complicated robot.
So, this year, in order to do everything, it has to: Get balls, score balls, get balls from enemy goal, grab goals, and get into home zone... Probably a really cool drive train, and can go sideway. Probably no transmission.
Looking at past years, this robot will do everything, but won't be so extreme that it will do the maximum of everything, like getting 60 balls at once. It would be a great alliance partner, and whoever partner with CD7 will do really well in a match. Learning from past years, this robot will be a really robust, reliable, and probably really complex but not extremely complex.
So I would say it can get 30 balls at most, get two goals at most, and maybe a pretty strong extension that will extend about 25 ft... It will have a really cool ball mechanism that score balls in any goals it want really fast, to control the points for each game. There will be good goal grabbers that get goals easily no matter how the goals are positioned, and put them in different zone using a super cool base or moveable arms. Getting goals really fast, and manipulate them easily... It will lift goals up for traction, but it will concentrate on moving smoothly around the field instead of super strong pushing force...
Hmm... I think this is it for now... Too tired robotics, so I will take a break for a while...
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