Help with minibot, pleaase!

[isaac77]

Hello, this is team number 3583 and we are a rookie team. I am wondering if someone can help us by sending us pictures and ideas of the minibot.

[soxfan269]

We have decided to use magnets, we have brainstormed, tested, and prototyped many ideas, and that is my main suggestion to you. Also remember the wheels have quite a bit of grip to them. I am a fellow rookie teamer myself, and we right off the bat decided to build the pole that the minibot would climb. Without doing this all prototyping is quite useless. The specs for the pole are on the kit of parts website

[isaac77]

Yeah, thats a good Idea thanks(; Have you all finished your minibot?

[soxfan269]

I would not further that design avanboekel on the basis that the minibot has to run on the battery power and the motors alone, no outside force is permitted. once its on the pole it is up the the electrically powered motor to move the minibot up the pole

[isaac77]

WOW, that's a great design thanks

[soxfan269]

Originally Posted by isaac77

Yeah, thats a good Idea thanks(; Have you all finished your minibot?

We have yet to finish our minibot, as a 30 some member team we are able to have sub groups for each task. Our minibot team is currently on its third design which they think is their best so far. They have yet to test it but it seems promising. It takes advantage of magnets to hold it onto the pole

[isaac77]

@soxfan269 thanks for the help. Where you all from?

[soxfan269]

Originally Posted by isaac77

@soxfan269 thanks for the help. Where you all from?

Your welcome and we're from Southwest michigan in a town called St. Joseph. I hope I've been of some help if you need any more feel free to send me an email at soxfan269@hotmail.com

[isaac77]

hey bro are we allowed to use push sensors from lego mindstorm?

[Bob Steele]

The button (limit switch) sensors from mindstorm are legal... they are wired to be used with the NXT computer iinterface... you might be able to use them another way but it will be tricky and you will need to find some way to wire them..

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[jamie_1930]

My advice since your a rookie team, and I don't mean to discourage you, but I would leave the minibot alone. It's your first year and I feel like doing this could set you up to fail, you should just go and make sure all the essential systems work, before you make a whole second robot.

[isaac77]

So then can we use the touch sensor?