Forced needed to get on Bridge

[ArmandoSal]

Hello, I am just wondering if anyone has found out the force needed to tilt the Bridge so that a robot can get on it. Thanks.

[bladetech932]

This was posted in another thread i saw a while back as 16 to 18 lbs of force on the most outer part of the bridge. I am not sure of these measurements however, Could someone confirm this?

[Djur]

The weight of 2 batteries at halfway is needed to tip, so ~1 battery's worth is needed at the edge. That's about 13 pounds, so design for 20 lbs to be on the safe side.

[slijin]

Originally Posted by bladetech932

This was posted in another thread i saw a while back as 16 to 18 lbs of force on the most outer part of the bridge. I am not sure of these measurements however, Could someone confirm this?

That's about right. To clarify, it takes ~59 lbf-ft of torque to tip the bridge.

[bladetech932]

for teams that have matched their bridge to the specs of competition. how did you adjust the balance of your bridge? did anyone recreate the 16-18 lbs on both sides while keeping the bridge balanced? any info would be greatly appreciated.

[Alan Anderson]

With an extra 160 pounds of concrete blocks mounted underneath the deck, our wooden bridge now passes the "two battery" test.

[jdunston94]

Originally Posted by Alan Anderson

With an extra 160 pounds of concrete blocks mounted underneath the deck, our wooden bridge now passes the "two battery" test.

instead of putting aton of uneeded weight on the underside of the bridge we just put surgical tubing


and it is right around 18lbs of force perpendicular to the bridge to push it down

[bladetech932]

instead of putting aton of uneeded weight on the underside of the bridge we just put surgical tubing

How did you attach the tubing?

[mesamb1]

We took eye hooks and screwed them into the bottom of the bridge. Then we adjusted the tubing till it met the specs.

[bladetech932]

alright thanks. i will try that on monday

[Siri]

Originally Posted by jdunston94

instead of putting aton of uneeded weight on the underside of the bridge we just put surgical tubing


and it is right around 18lbs of force perpendicular to the bridge to push it down

This will not actually yield the competition bridge dynamics. How much it is off will be situation-dependent. In short though, you're now using spring force (F=-kx) rather than distributed bass to balance the moments. This means that, while you may pass the battery test, as your bridge moves, the moment caused by the spring force will not fully mimic what the simply heavier competition bridge would do. It probably won't affect your bridge lowering tests, but if you're practicing (much less autonomously programming) balancing on it, don't count on the results being the same unless you've tested it.

[bladetech932]

We took eye hooks and screwed them into the bottom of the bridge. Then we adjusted the tubing till it met the specs.

could anyone who has done this post a picture of the bridge with the surgical tubing set-up?

[dcreed@epic.com]

Originally Posted by slijin

That's about right. To clarify, it takes ~59 lbf-ft of torque to tip the bridge.

I'm confused... some people are saying 16-19lbs of force at the end of the bridge and then someonw say the ~59 lbf-ft of torque to tip the brige.. so say if using a window van motor with 25.8 ft-lbf applied to the end of the bridge? Would this tip the bridge or not?

Thanks,
Dan

[Alan Anderson]

Originally Posted by dcreed@epic.com

I'm confused... some people are saying 16-19lbs of force at the end of the bridge and then someonw say the ~59 lbf-ft of torque to tip the brige..

Where's the confusion? The end of the bridge is about 40-48 inches from the hinge point, depending on which end, so 59 lb-ft of torque would be between 15 and 17.5 pounds.

so say if using a window van motor with 25.8 ft-lbf applied to the end of the bridge? Would this tip the bridge or not?

How much force are you applying to the end of the bridge? A one-foot-long direct-driven rod perpendicular to the motor shaft could work. A two-foot-long rod would not.

[Bruceb]

My opinion. Don't even think of trying to drive up to the bridge and then use an arm of some kind to tip it down. You have to have extremely good depth perception to make that work unless you have some way of letting the robot do it by itself. Remember, most cases you are on the other side if the bridge at some distance and partially concealed by the bridge.
Better, lower a ramping device with an over center latch and just drive up to the bridge. Let the weight of your bot push the bridge down.
see here
http://s1121.photobucket.com/albums/...t=100_0013.mp4

Hope that helps