Designing a climbing mechanism for 2013... a humbling experience

[swwrobotics]

Originally Posted by Leav

I am constantly thinking of the 2010 climbing challenge where I completely missed the "simple" grab&twist solution, and can't shake the feeling that I'm missing a similar one here.

Good luck and may the force be with you.

-Leav

Sorry, but what was the simple grab and twist solution in 2010? My first year was part of the 2011 season so I was just a little curious.

Also, my team has come up with an idea, but early prototyping has shown that balance is pretty important when climbing, otherwise the robot cannot reach to the next level. We'd also like a simpler design than we have now just because we see a lot of things that can already go wrong with our current design.