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Re: pic: Holliston 2010 Robot

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Originally Posted by Coffeeism View Post
I think it runs around 5 Feet Per second. It didn't seem to have any trouble turning on the tile floor of the school. The kicker travels about 15 feet. There's a winch underneath the electronics that goes with a hook and the scissor lift; it runs off a tough box and a CIM. We haven't tested the lifting yet though.
Whoah. Get that thing on some carpet NOW. Tile floor and carpet are two entirely different things, and you may have a very nasty shock in store when you put it on carpet.

Our team did treads the first year. They were incredible when the bot was 60 pounds. When it was 150 pounds.... well... let's say they switched to wheels since just going straight back and forth wasn't really effective without being able to turn!
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