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Re: "Easy Drop" and Breaker trip problem

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Originally posted by kmcclary
I'd think a hard tipover would be mighty rough on the robot mechanisms (and that finicky breaker).

What do you OTHER teams that use a "tipover" robot do to lower your robot gently to the ground?
My Team, 122, is a tip over bot. We have a shock absorber made out of PVC and aluminum square stubing that deploys and keeps us from breaking. It is pulled in using a globe motor. To tip it, we use our ball collector that starts in teh up position and drops down to the proper height. The whole process looks very cool, IMHO.

Pictures and movies of our dropdown process (worth a look!)
High res picture of dropdown during a match at VCU

Movie of our robot falling over (yes, its sideways. We're working on that)

~Tom Fairchild~

P.S. After making some slight changes, the whole process takes us about 5 sec. to fall over.
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