pic: Too much power?

[DampRobot]

Originally Posted by asid61

I believe 1678 died due to removing the autoshifting code, resulting in a blow. It's not that hard to add a collision detection to a drive.

No, they didn't. Their main breaker blew after one of three things happened. Either colliding with the other robot (1662?) caused their drive motor current to spike until the breaker blew, or the physical hit jostled the already straining breaker into opening, or the physical hit bent their bumpers just enough to hit the open button on the breaker. I have this from conversations with 1678 members and from their CD posts.

I don't believe 1678 runs auto shift code, and even if they did, I don't think it could contribute to a main breaker blow.

[asid61]

Originally Posted by DampRobot

No, they didn't. Their main breaker blew after one of three things happened. Either colliding with the other robot (1662?) caused their drive motor current to spike until the breaker blew, or the physical hit jostled the already straining breaker into opening, or the physical hit bent their bumpers just enough to hit the open button on the breaker. I have this from conversations with 1678 members and from their CD posts.

I don't believe 1678 runs auto shift code, and even if they did, I don't think it could contribute to a main breaker blow.

Oh. I got what I said from one of our electrical guys who talked with them, but I guess that's not the case.
I wasn't implying that the main breaker tripped due to autoshifting code, but rather due to a lack of it.