Our first climb and dump of the season!

[Bill_B]

Originally Posted by Jon Stratis

We have a little work to do tomorrow before we're done, but things are looking good so far! Still to do:
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- Use a battery that hasn't spent the past 2 hours trying to climb
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If you're really lucky, you might be able to get that battery back into effective status, if you put it onto a charger very soon after taking it out of the robot. The climb looks very impressive, but it may have demoted that battery to practice only status. I have a great deal of trouble convincing my own team that their energy source is not disposable like AA batteries, particularly when they're having "FUN".

[Jon Stratis]

Originally Posted by Bill_B

If you're really lucky, you might be able to get that battery back into effective status, if you put it onto a charger very soon after taking it out of the robot. The climb looks very impressive, but it may have demoted that battery to practice only status. I have a great deal of trouble convincing my own team that their energy source is not disposable like AA batteries, particularly when they're having "FUN".

Surprisingly, the battery wasn't horribly depleted at that point... it had just about gotten to the point where we thought we should change it out when we climbed, meaning everything had started to slow down and drag a little. We've run batteries down further without any long term problems.

[DampRobot]

This is how side climbing should be done. Our major concern with side climbing was that the swinging would make climbing extremely slow. It's clear that you've found a great way to minimise swinging. While this isn't mind blowingly fast, it's obviously quite quick. You should do very well this season.

[Andy Baker]

Way to go, Robettes!

Andy Baker

[Tyler Olds]

Congrats to you and your team Jon! I can't wait to see it in person.

[IndySam]

I love the screaming after the dump. Well done.

[Jon Stratis]

Originally Posted by IndySam

I love the screaming after the dump. Well done.

There was screaming when we first made it to level 1, and screaming again when we first made it to level 2. I like how this challenge gives us multiple points to celebrate as we get things working!

[neshera]

WOW!
Best I've seen yet.
What are the blue lifting straps made of?
Also, bonus points for having a cheer for a specific robot mechanism!

[Jon Stratis]

Originally Posted by neshera

WOW!
Best I've seen yet.
What are the blue lifting straps made of?
Also, bonus points for having a cheer for a specific robot mechanism!

Those are normal nylon straps, the type that come with a ratchet mechanism and hooks for securing stuff in a truck or trailer. We're keeping an eye on them to see if they stretch (we pre-stretched them as much as possible)... but they're what we had available to build with. We're going to have some backup straps we can attach that won't stretch (we found them at REI), but I can't remember what those are made of.