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Unread 24-04-2008, 07:37
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Re: Silly Programming screw ups (funny)

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Originally Posted by mcf747 View Post
What we learned:
-Two worm drives are no match for a 20G steel cable
-Remember to check code after inverting ANYTHING
-Built a robot so tough it can handle major abuse to cover for the occasional mistake
*chuckle* I guess you didn't need MorTorque.

Back when we were using a toughbox transmission at the Midwest regional, the 36:1 -> 12.75:1 reduction from the dual FP motors was SO SLOW... but way way too forceful (it could lift the whole robot without breaking a sweat).

Well... and we found out on our practice bot that if it did break a sweat... it bent a 9" length of beautiful new 1/2" stainless steel shaft.

...After that we made a new single-reduction-stage transmission that saved weight and turned all that extra force into lightning quick arm speed.

-q

p.s. It never screwed up the right way in competition, but we found out that if you pick the ball up then hold the manual up button with only a few psi of air in the system... the ball flys out and actually goes high enough to hurdle over the back of the robot with a perfect shot.
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