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Re: pic: Team 5413 Stellar Robotics Offseason Drivetrain

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Could you explain your reasoning on this? I can definitely see wanting to have the robot easily moved to an electronics-accessible position in the pit or in queue, but can't see the benefit of transporting it in that configuration.
Diagnostic lights.
Ethernet ports.
USB ports.

Sometimes, you just gotta download that one patch of code in queue....*

There are a couple of other reasons not to do inverted, though. I think the most basic is: There's often random pieces of metal on the field, either as structure or as robot droppings. Last thing you want is one of those connecting pins or sides of power. And according to Murphy's Law... well, let's just go with insulating every connection on the robot thoroughly as well as covering all open ports and leave it at that. Also see "dirt in port".


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Re: pic: Team 5413 Stellar Robotics Offseason Drivetrain

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Diagnostic lights.
Ethernet ports.
USB ports.

Sometimes, you just gotta download that one patch of code in queue....*

There are a couple of other reasons not to do inverted, though. I think the most basic is: There's often random pieces of metal on the field, either as structure or as robot droppings. Last thing you want is one of those connecting pins or sides of power. And according to Murphy's Law... well, let's just go with insulating every connection on the robot thoroughly as well as covering all open ports and leave it at that. Also see "dirt in port".


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Those seem like great reasons to be able to easily move the robot to a position where the theoretical electronics on the bottom of the robot are easily accessible, but not reasons to be transporting it in that configuration.
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Re: pic: Team 5413 Stellar Robotics Offseason Drivetrain

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Those seem like great reasons to be able to easily move the robot to a position where the theoretical electronics on the bottom of the robot are easily accessible, but not reasons to be transporting it in that configuration.
How many times have you had to move a robot to the field in a big hurry because a repair took longer than planned? Sometimes it's just easier to roll in whatever configuration it's in. There's also on-the-fly battery changes (but that can be designed around).
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