Ramp Approach

[Rangel]

Originally Posted by Retired Starman

Interesting approach. Just remember the bridge is 12 in. high and that your appendage may only extend 14 in. from the frame perimeter. Also, you will have a bumper out in front somewhere to hang up on the bridge as it comes down.

Dr. Bob

Chairman's Award is not about building the robot. Every team builds a robot.

We are very aware of this. This is just a practice bot we made off-season for our freshmen. Our chassis is in the final stages of the design and has been designed to go over the ramp with relative ease(We included the bumper ). Our appendage has also been cadded and is in the correct legal dimensions. The one on the practice bot here doesn't have the correct appendage dimensions as well and so it had trouble pulling the ramp down and was forced to "hop" onto it at a fast speed.

[KrazyCarl92]

Now the real question; could the same appendage be used to get over the barrier easily?

[Rangel]

Originally Posted by KrazyCarl92

Now the real question; could the same appendage be used to get over the barrier easily?

As of right now we currently have no plans on getting over the barrier. We believe the zone type gameplay to be similar to Breakaway and believe the ramp(very wide tunnel) is more than enough for traversing between zones. Especially with having two accessible ramps in which one is protected via game rules. If we can run right through the ramp like we planned, we don't see us having much of an issue traversing zones. The fact that most teams are designing to go over the barrier anyways only strengthens this decision. We don't foresee much traffic on the ramps due to this. Of course we'll find out week 1 if this was a good choice or not.