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Re: One question
Posted by Raul at 2/21/2001 8:00 AM EST


Engineer on team #111, Wildstang, from Rolling Meadows & Wheeling HS and Motorola.


In Reply to: One question
Posted by Shawn McMahon on 2/18/2001 1:32 PM EST:



The answers follow you questions below:

: How exactly do you get the forklift type device under the ramp? I thought the metal strip on the end was flush with the floor. Did you sharpen it and just push down on the carpet a little?

A: We use a HDPE "spatula" that does compress the carpet fibers down enough to scoop the edge. I was concerned about this as well; but our experiments proved it was easier than we thought.

How does the second robot on top of the ramp know when they are balanced before you remove you clamp type device?

A: We have sensors on the bridge lifter that can feel pressure on the top and bottom holders. SW is used to automatically set the lifter to a position that can sense the balance and feed it back to the control box once the robot gets off the bridge and waits on top of us. Also, in the scrimmage we had on Sunday, we found it easy to visually set the goals in the right spots to balance the bridge. When using the sensor we never found we had to ask the robot to go back and move the goals.

Raul



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