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Re: Problem with balancing balls on the goal on its side
Posted by Khalid at 1/14/2001 9:01 PM EST
Student on team #486, The Positronic Panthers, from Strath Haven High School.
In Reply to: Re: Problem with balancing balls on the goal on its side
Posted by Ken Leung on 1/10/2001 5:47 AM EST:
Just to make a point:
I believe that the diameter of each goal is 34" and with the bridge being 48" across, it will be impossible to balance two goals side by side. However, it is still possible to get one goal on but ,as you said, it will be time and resource consuming.
: Balancing the goal on its side will certainly be challenging, since that center of mass will be different. But it's not too hard to slide the goals on its side, that is if you have a strong drive train. But then again, in the competition the balancing robot will need to be really accurate, and that mean slow speed, thus a high torque drive train.
: Anyways, even though it is possible to do all these stuff about goal lying on its side, I am wondering if this will worth the time and the effort to develope a robot fitting under these condition. In addition, we still do not know if this is legal yet. Have anyone officially send an e-mail to eric or someone else about this and receive an official answer? Maybe they are taking all these time because they are arguing about what answer to give...
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