Minibots

[thefro526]

Originally Posted by Mike Martus

The mini-bot has been a big distraction in building the FIRST Robot. This mini- sucks the life out of teams in resources - both $$$ and labor/time.

Mike, I agree with you. Our limited human resources were spread so thin this year that the minibot had slipped to the end of the priority list after the full sized bot. We just got one running this week, and were lucky enough to get good enough results to where we just need to test and tune.

Our deployment system will most likely be some sort of stick though, since we don't really have weight for much else...

[pilum40]

Originally Posted by cmass

It is clear that you love your waterjet!

How high can you reach .... first level?

Originally Posted by thefro526

Mike, I agree with you. Our limited human resources were spread so thin this year that the minibot had slipped to the end of the priority list after the full sized bot. We just got one running this week, and were lucky enough to get good enough results to where we just need to test and tune.

Our deployment system will most likely be some sort of stick though, since we don't really have weight for much else...

We're not even to the test stage yet on minibot. I'm thinking we won't be done for the bag/tag on the 22nd. If I could find another used CRio, we could keep testing code, etc. for the minibot. I really am not liking this year's game. The dual development processes have trimmed our team down to about 8 people. The rest have attrited due to AP prep, sports, etc. I'm hoping FIRST will not do a multiple game next year.