under 2 sec Mini bot

[Zuelu562]

Originally Posted by IKE

At an absolute minimum, it is a 10 point endeavor if you consistently succeed. It takes a lot of tube hanging to make up those 10 points.

In fact, it takes at least 3 tubes on the top row (3 in a logo in the middle row works too) to get 10 points. That's huge.

[bearbot]

anyone using omin mini wheel for the minbot

[Tytus Gerrish]

Originally Posted by bearbot

anyone using omin mini wheel for the minbot

WHY? making a pole-dancing robot?

[RyanN]

Originally Posted by Tytus Gerrish

WHY? making a pole-dancing robot?

I've been hacking away at that joke all season.

"Presenting Team Fusion's mini-bot, Miss Candy!"

[Radical Pi]

We just made 3 seconds from start of deployment to triggering. .3 seconds to deploy (plus maybe .1 for the minibot clamp to release), 2.85 seconds for the climb itself.

I do hope that we can regularly deploy though. The robot will probably be able to drive tomorrow and we can do a full test of how difficult it is to align and deploy, but for now anything could happen. We tried to design our robot with deployment in mind though. The camera is mounted on a servo so we can turn it around to align for deployment, and supposedly our deployment tray is able to self-align during deployment as long as the brakes aren't on.

What about trading minibots? Who has a flexible enough deployment system to handle a variety of minibots? It looks like our tray will be able to deploy anything that has a vertical neck no more than ~3" wide. Have any teams been actively collaborating with others to build compatible minibots?

[nikeairmancurry]

It's nice to hear all these claims about how fast you climb and deploy.. But I wanna see you at the pole at that ten second mark deploying and be the first one up.. You may have the fastest minibot out there.. But means nothing if you aren't at that pole at the second that base lights up..

Getting to that tower will be the hardest thing to do... You have to cover alot of area to get there...

[Grim Tuesday]

Originally Posted by nikeairmancurry

It's nice to hear all these claims about how fast you climb and deploy.. But I wanna see you at the pole at that ten second mark deploying and be the first one up.. You may have the fastest minibot out there.. But means nothing if you aren't at that pole at the second that base lights up..

Getting to that tower will be the hardest thing to do... You have to cover alot of area to get there...

And that is why we used tank treads with supershifters this year. Speed to the tower, power through any opposition.