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of course, the chance that this would happen during autonomous mode is extremely small. It was just an idea. |
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I know a robot that can get them off the top tof the bridge
. heheheOh i'm sure thats a wonderful robot and that most conventional king of the hill robots won't stand a chance against it. Kudos to the technokats for that. Under those arms are probably motor assemblys that have wheels forced into the ground which are powered. My team had a design like that but we opted against it. So you can't turn it, you probably can't even push it, or get past it other than limboing under the bar. So how do you propose getting by it? Well its pretty simple actually, you just stick an arm under its wing in that nice areaunder it and.... lift! Yeah my teams arm is strong enough to lift a robot, so while we're not allowed to remove you from the ground, you're not going to have any traction while we get tons!, so our two wheel drive boy can push you right off the top and down the other side. ![]() I just love our arm! |
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2 wheel drive is deffinately the way to go. we've been 2 wheel drive ever since 2001 and its worked very well in all cases. nice traction because you can focus weight just for 2 wheels, and then if you pick up part of a robot with an arm (which we do have as well) you could add a lot of traction. or you can do what we do this year and be able to shift your center of gravity with the arm
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Too the Technokats, you did a wonderful job as always. I respect your team greatly. |
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There are 2 possible ramp-doms, the wall-dom exemplified by the Kats who really on their traction to keep them on the ramp. The other is the wedge-dom(team 179) whos bot doesn't allow you to push it directly. They both have weaknesses because you could push the wall-dom but a bot could run over the wedge-dom. At this point I'd put my money on the Kats because their drive-trains are always on the leading edge.
As for the best kind of drivetrain, it depends on your strategy but I dislike unpowered wheels, IE 2 wheel drive or castors. The reason being is you lose effictive mass. Unpowered wheels bear weight, weight that would otherwise be used to increase your traction. So instead of your bots drivewheels being pushed down with 130lbs of force there being pushed down by less. Which means you lose pushing power. |
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globe motors and window motors are powered too, if you gear the globe right it can be very useful. having 2 wheel drive doesn't mean you have unpowered wheels on the bot, you could have 2 skids in the front or back
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do you have a picture with your wings up?? or more or less could you please post a pic with yoru wings up??? I would greatly appreciate it.
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Yet another way
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First I must say...very, very impressive robot. I still, however, am still skeptical of this strategy. First, let's just assume that you are immovable. Those have to be incredible rigid wings to stand the punishment of two robots ramming into them for 1:45. Now, you may be able to hold in most of the qualification matches. But, when you are paired against two good robots in the elims, my money is definitely on the two robots hitting you. All I can say is that I hope you have plenty of spare parts, and one heck of a pit crew.
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This is why I think scouting based on pictures, or even formulating strategy is all but pointless. Until you can get in close and really discern how mechanisms work, see how the drivers perform, and get an idea of what other robots will be around at the time, you'll have limited success with formulating a strategy. |
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Yah
We know they will be taking quite a beating and that's one reason for the angled brace on the back of the wing. One thing you can't really tell either is that these arms are filled with a really rigid foam that makes the arms very stiff. The entire wing assembly weighs about 44-46 lbs.
Look familar? ![]() |
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How easliy does the foam compress, and what else do you have on the front of the wing?
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Looks painful
I see a resemblance in the Kats robot this year to MOEv2002. Let me tell you a couple things about last year (I was only there during the off-season).
Our strategy worked fairly well for bots without a lot of torque, However, the alliances that beat us were comprised of two major pushers. I feel that you guys have an added vulnerability because you sit atop an almost frictionless pad. Another thing, you guys will only be able to score 25 points by yourself, while you prevent other bots from scoring. Truthfully, I don't think you will be seeded, however you will be in one of the top few alliances as a partner. One more before I finish, repairing MOE between every match last year was a monstrous task. If you can do it, more power to you. Good luck in your efforts. GO MOE!! |
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