The afterthought bridge manipulator

[BrendanB]

Originally Posted by SenorZ

Our regional is next week. After watching weeks 1 & 2 we're scrambling to make a bridge manipulator:
Andymark gearmotor (KOP) on a length of c-channel with a small wheel on the end.
This is untested and will not get a chance until Thursday.
Fingers crossed!

We are using the gearmotor to lower our ball pickup/bridge manipulator with a 2 to 1 ratio and we sometimes need to get the bridge rocking to get it down. I'd recommend a 3 to 1 ratio and you'll get that sucker down no problem.

A simple solution I saw at GSR was 1519's. It is a simple triangle driven by a window motor that comes down and they just drive into the bridge and it comes down. Can easily be down with a limited weight budget! You can see it on the side of there robot here!