Inbounding or Hoarding Balls

[Joe Johnson]

Originally Posted by BrendanB

Loved the detail analysis!

I agree with your statements from 2001 and the experience with the bridge; however, that is with one robot and two goals attached to that robot not three independent variables. If the middle robot does all the moving, they are having to push the other robots off the bridge to balance. I have a huge concern with a robot getting pushed part of the way off the bridge and can't make it back if it is pushed too far.

Yes, in 2001, it was 1 robot with two goals in tow, but together the goals did not weigh what 2 robots weight (the were heavy but not that heavy).

Anyway, the trick is to get the CG over the tipping point and then to move it back to a point where it back in the neutral zone.

Because there is only 1 robot moving rather than all 3, I guessed that the single robot would have to move 3X as far as the robot+goals in 2001. And that the robots in 2001 had to move 6" in reverse to stop from overshooting the balance.

I think that both of these are conservative.
I think a clever robot could get the bridge tipped in less space.

Time will tell...

Joe J.