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Originally Posted by dtengineering
I don't suppose they are the same rings that VEX used a couple years ago? That would be just too convenient...
Jason
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Smaller, and Branded with FIRST logos. They also feel less cheap than the vex rings, probably due to their increased wall thickness.
As for sensing the wieght I have an idea for my design that would make it work. Since my robot (should) be able to pick up from both sides I would need two force sensors to figure out what the wieght one from each side. My claw would also need to pivot a smidge so that it could rest on the sensor given the orientation at any time. However instead of an automatic function I think a function for sensing should be on demand so that you can measure the wieght of said tube while the robot is -mostly- still so it gets an accurate measure without combining forces from moving around and getting ready to score. If the tube was weighted then an LED would light up somewhere on the robot to indicate that its a wieghted tube. From there you simply drive to the corner and score it.
Those are my ideas how to go about finding wieghted tubes.
- Andrew
I would say that you are not an engineer until you've both obtained the aforementioned peice of paper AND done something with your tumescent engineers forebrain. - phrontist [more] 
13-09-2012, 08:36
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