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Posted by Travis Covington.

Student on team #115, MV ROBOTICS, from Monta Vista High School and Hitachi Data Systems - 3com - NASA Ames.

Posted on 4/2/2000 5:50 PM MST


In Reply to: systematic is the way to go. posted by Daniel on 4/2/2000 5:34 PM MST:



: 1) Perhaps your driver is working too much against
the clock in the matches and is working too much to
keep the robot alive during practice. Sudden changes
in direction whether the moter is on dynamic breaking
or not cause problems. Quick acceleration is also a
cause of heating up. You need to be nice to these
motors. Watch the driver and see how he moves the
joysticks. He cant use the robot like he's playing a
computer game. Motion needs to be gradual. It's a
delicate machine.

-on that note...I am the driver and honestly I was a
lot harder on the robot during practice than I was
during qualifying...AND the left side dies as soon as
the bot gets to the other side of the field or shortly
after we get a couple of balls.

: 2) Are you playing for heavy contact? Do you do a
lot of pushing? This also could cause problems.

Again no, we really have no contact when these problems
occur. We were not very aggresive. It seemed to
happen even with no contact with other robots.

: All the things I mentioned could be problems and
then the smallest wiring bug could be the real
problem...

This is really what I think we need to concentrate on,
we didnt rerally think our wiring was bad but I bet it
is. That was one of the only things we did not check.
Im pretty sure (like you said) that we need to solder
all crimps and connections. I hope that is the
problem.

Thank you so much for the help...everyone