Minibots

[MisterL]

Originally Posted by mcnabb100

My team does have a plan for one, but we haven't started building it yet. If I'm not mistaken the minibot team did make a prototype out of fichertechnik parts, but it isn't looking like we will have it done by ship day, so we will have to bring that with us when we go.

Aren't you so relieved that we don't have to ship out our mini-bots with our big bots?

[Wrmwolf]

We are

[Lavapicker]

We've had a subteam working on it from day one. They have it down to right around 3 seconds up. That activates a switch and it comes down nicely in slow motion by stalling the motors. We're spiraling up the pole which is something we are working on to get the times down more. Deployment is a simple cylinder activated arm. I'm assuming the lack of posts on CD is due to teams holding their cards close to their vests since teams can still work on their minibots after the ship date???

[WileyB-J]

Originally Posted by MisterL

Does your robot actually drive up the pole with ease? My team has had the hardest time getting it to drive up the pole (mostly weight distribution issues).

beautifully. i cant say much about the it but i designed it to be as simple as possible, and simple it is.

[MisterL]

Thats great! Maybe we can see a video at some point?

[WileyB-J]

absolutely, our first matches are at the end of march so expect the cat out of the bag around then.

[MisterL]

I look forward to seeing it, from the sounds of it you guys seem to have it in the bag! =)

[davidthefat]

My team has a working deployment system and a minibot that is relatively fast. It is just that the pneumatics are leaking or something.

[pfreivald]

We tested today and had deploy+climb at <3 seconds about a dozen times in a row. Very consistent!

[MisterL]

So we have been arguing about restarting our mini-bot, but we dont know if we have time and though our current mini-bot is too hefty and innaccurate our only other design is one that only uses lego parts. Can you only use lego parts and a brain?

[orisenak]

Our Minibot can deploy/climbed in 2.6 seconds!!!!!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVMd8sCR7gA

Hope you enjoy the vid

-team 1056

[mcnabb100]

Originally Posted by MisterL

Aren't you so relieved that we don't have to ship out our mini-bots with our big bots?

Yes I am!