Oh I'm sure you'd all like to see the video of when our autonomous crashed...
Without bumpers...
Into a column...
At full speed...
Well we did prove a few things though:
1] Must not have been a structural column (building is still standing)
2] The arm mechanicals section of the robot makes a great frontal offset collision crumple zone.
3] The aluminum robot is mightier than the plaster.
4] RALFF doesn't carry any auto insurance.
Moral of the story: Crashes happen, things break...
SHIFT HAPPENS (especially on fast robots
). Part of life. sonicx: I wish you and your team best of luck repairing your robot at Peachtree.
-q