Team 1678's 4 RC Autonomous

[PayneTrain]

Originally Posted by JohnSchneider

Who's knocking my bins over?

Gravity, your alliance partners, yourself, the A/C in the venue...

[howdosheeplamp]

All I have to say is that our team went to great measures to make this work.

[Bryce2471]

Originally Posted by howdosheeplamp

All I have to say is that our team went to great measures to make this work.

Awsome!! ;D

I hope you have a version that goes for one or two containers, and I hope you have a strong drive train.

(Also, good luck ending with a 4 container autonomous and not a 4 lid one!)

[Paul Copioli]

Originally Posted by Bryce2471

Awsome!! ;D

I hope you have a version that goes for one or two containers, and I hope you have a strong drive train.

(Also, good luck ending with a 4 container autonomous and not a 4 lid one!)

You know the lids are zip tied shut, right?

[smistthegreat]

Originally Posted by Paul Copioli

You know the lids are zip tied shut, right?

I think this is a likely scenario, if one robot grabs high and another goes low. I would say that zip ties would break before robots let go, which leads to an interesting rules question: Can you score a can without the lid?

[Daniel_LaFleur]

Originally Posted by smistthegreat

I think this is a likely scenario, if one robot grabs high and another goes low. I would say that zip ties would break before robots let go, which leads to an interesting rules question: Can you score a can without the lid?

In your scenario above, I believe that one robot will be laying on the step.

[Kevin Leonard]

Originally Posted by howdosheeplamp

All I have to say is that our team went to great measures to make this work.

#punny

[Siri]

Originally Posted by Boltman

Is it just me but do you even see a need for those four containers? Still have to stack them and 2:15 is not a lot of time. At most I saw 2 bins stacked today not 6 or 7....not a lot of time. Plus the bins will be on their sides most likely eliminating many robots from using them at that point.

The robots who can't use cans on their side are probably not the ones you're preparing to play with (at least not two of them) if you're about to use 4-7 cans in one match. Blue banners begin in autonomous, but they're born in shops like this.

Originally Posted by PayneTrain

Gravity, your alliance partners, yourself, the A/C in the venue...

and 148, 1678... (I know you said alliance partners, I just wanted to emphasize that it's necessarily by accident). Echoing Adam, "If you can't use bins that are knocked over, it's [EDIT: high past] time to reassess your design."

[EricLeifermann]

Originally Posted by Siri

"If you can't use bins that are knocked over, it's [EDIT: high past] time to reassess your design."

I should also be added that if your robot is designed to handle the recycling cans., and you can't handle a knocked over bin, it's time to reasaess your design.