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Re: My calculations, My instincts
Posted by Jon at 1/8/2001 3:53 AM EST


Engineer on team #190, Gompei, from Mass Academy of Math and Science and Worcester Polytechnic Institute.


In Reply to: My calculations, My instincts
Posted by Peter VanWylen on 1/7/2001 10:51 PM EST:



I think it a waste to leave a robot on the bridge when it could get a guaranteed 10pts in the endzone. granted, that's a 4x multi when you balance, but i think that balancing from the ground will be a valuable skill and i know that we will closely explore it.

in my preliminary exploration, i think it possible to do it with one robot.

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: Also, I have my unanswered question:
: Clearly it will take two robots working together to accomplish this task if one of them is on top of the thing. One to stand still on top, one to do the balancing. But without having a robot on top, it is theorhetically possible to have one robot do everything (load, balance, and release). This would be a big advantage if you could do this all by yourself. Anyone think is could become a one-man job?


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