[thefro526]

Originally Posted by Qbranch

thefro526: I have an idea for you. If you're arm is servoed, why don't you tell it to go up a little even before it's told to go up?

If you're arm is not servoed, why don't you have your arm go up for 1 second, so it won't be high enough to mess anything up if you don't want it to knock off, and then if you do want it to knock off, have it continue going up. It should get rid of the problem you're experiencing with getting a signal to the robot right away... we had the same problem.

For your consideration: http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...520#post735520

-q

Q, We don't use an arm we use an elevator (not really a big difference) but it's not servoed.(Our teams feedback is the drivers) So what happens is, at the beginning of the match the elevator is held about 5 feet off the ground so that it has to travel about 14" or so to get to knock off height. it takes it about a second to get to that height. Our main problem is the aim into the robot while its against the wall. we shoot at almost at a 90degree angle to our IR sensor. We may add some pool noodles to gain a larger height margin of error so that if we are late with the signal the noodles will hit the ball anyways. Check us out in Archimedes if you get the chance and I'll give you the breakdown.

-Dustin