toughbox mini mecanum

[Hoover]

Originally Posted by Ether

I think Chris' point was that you don't need 15fps for this game. But you do need fine control at near-zero speeds, as when aligning the bot to place totes and bins. A bot geared for lower top speed will have better fine control at low speeds.

In the past, on our drive station I have been using the Z slider for a "throttle" control. Since it really sets the maximum Y value, it really should be called a speed governor.

The original reason for this convention was that when a new student driver took control of the robot they always ended up gunning it right away. With the slider they could get used to driving the robot fast. After a few sessions the students would max out Z and be comfortable with the controls.

I think this won't be maxed out this year. Instead the drivers will keep it from 50 to 75 percent. Even lower if it needs to be slowed to a crawl. This takes the guess work out of how far to push the Y control.

With the Toughbox mini's (standard) gear ratio, that is even more reason to govern speed this year.