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Re: Self-righting
Our team has a low robot that is very efficient. Not even close to 5 feet tall. And we know we can be blocked by other teams, but for them to block us is very hard to do. If they do block us, we can beat them to the side goal anyways and dump out our balls.
Anyhow, the wheelie idea seems great for a small little nuge, but in all honesty, if that wheelie bar is not long, as in when extended out is not a foot long minimum, a robot can push that thing over easily as pie on the ramp. I am just predicting, that some falling over protections may work some of the time, i highly doubt most teams that have one will not tip over at least once in competition.
Our robot was designed with trying to get everything as low as we could get it, and at the Birmingham Sectional, that mentality got us first seed, as well as won the comp. As well as being a less or about 4 feet tall.
Good, luck with designing a mechanism for tall robots. I hope someone proves me wong. I love to see what crazy cool contraptions people make to stop this without going over weight.
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