Recycling Container Placement

[StephenNutt]

Originally Posted by nighterfighter

Actually, each tote is 12.1 inches tall, according to the manual.

12.1 * 6 = 72.6

That leaves your robot 78 - 72.6 = 5.4 inches.

Of course, the scoring platform is 2 inches tall...so... 3.4 inches.

When you stack totes they mat sit inside of each other, and I think each tote is around 11.875 tall.

12.1 + 5 * 11.875 = 71.475

That leaves your robot 78 - 71.475 = 6.525 inches, or 4.525 when taking into account the scoring platform.

Note: I am not certain the distance from the bottom to the top of the lid is 11.875, please verify if you will be using my math.

[nighterfighter]

Well that makes it even easier...

[TCMJ1816]

The Scoring Platform doesn't count towards total robot height, so you can build a robot 78'' tall and still drive on the scoring platform. Having said that lifting a bin ~5'' from the bottom doesn't seem feasible for most teams, I just can't see it being stable enough once 8' in the air.

[MrForbes]

We got our first container mechanism prototyped last night, and we'll make some changes to see if we can make it more stable when grasping at the bottom of the container. It looks like it will almost work with what we have already. Bonus, it will also work on totes, and we can probably use it (by adding another degree of freedom, which is also needed to meet size requirements) to pick up tipped containers.

[tindleroot]

Originally Posted by StephenNutt

When you stack totes they mat sit inside of each other, and I think each tote is around 11.875 tall.

12.1 + 5 * 11.875 = 71.475

That leaves your robot 78 - 71.475 = 6.525 inches, or 4.525 when taking into account the scoring platform.

Note: I am not certain the distance from the bottom to the top of the lid is 11.875, please verify if you will be using my math.

We measured a nested stack of 6 and it came out at almost exactly 72 inches - you have 6 inches to work with or 4 if you take into account the scoring platform.

[Addison4300]

It all depends on the strength and speed of your motors/pneumatics that you use, how many you use, and how well you are lined up with the stack.

[mitchklong]

I dont expect to see a lot of teams doing that.

I think it would be easier to make a 4 tote stack, then put a 2 tote bin stack on top (or other variations).

One of the things I like about this years game is working out the effort required/center of gravity issues.