Climbing Mechanism Ideas

[cmrnpizzo14]

Originally Posted by RRLedford

The flipping or "rolling" up the corner edge with alternating short grip arms is how we are prototyping to go up the pyramid. Our style of gripper will not need to squeeze hard or damage the power coated tubes. The angle formed by the intersecting horizontal tubes is how/where we will grip, avoiding the slope tube entirely.

We will be able to grasp next higher level BEFORE releasing from one below. We will not tip or swivel around laterally, because our grasp mechanism will bridge across the two intersecting horizontal tubes, yet avoid contacting the slope tube.

We will not drive; only shoot 2or 3 in autonomous. We may hoist others up, if we can keep hoist near enough to level rungs to have partner(s) bump them on the way up. They may have to extend some to snag our hook, since we can only lower it so much, but even if we only pull them up to the 20 pt. level, that is a nice bonus for a no driving bot to make.

The robot will be kind of vertically notched so it can straddle the corner edge tube at match start, allowing center of mass to be starting nearer to the initial gripping points.

-Dick Ledford

Sounds like a good strategy, but I would be worried if you cannot drive. You will be valuable for your hanging, hoisting, and auto shooting, but I would wary of picking a robot that essentially leaves my alliance playing 2v3 for most of the match. The points that you score might be enough to offset this, but I will be very interested to see how this strategy pans out for you.

Good luck! I hope that it works!