Robot intentionally tipping over

[cglrcng]

Originally Posted by John Retkowski

Why would you want to tip over? If you mean tipping over to block a goal or a defense, I would consider those to be impeding the flow of the match.

A. intentionally tipping over

RI3D is intentionally tipping theirs over in the act of Scaling the Tower (more like an "L"), Tank Treads & Pullies out (like saying at the end of each match....Here you knave, now kiss the soles of my robot), in the attempt of blocking their opponents from scoring the win by Capturing the Tower and the points.

[Chak]

Originally Posted by cglrcng

A. intentionally tipping over

RI3D is intentionally tipping theirs over in the act of Scaling the Tower (more like an "L"), Tank Treads & Pullies out (like saying at the end of each match....Here you knave, now kiss the soles of my robot), in the attempt of blocking their opponents from scoring the win by Capturing the Tower and the points.

Which Ri3D team? I want to see this.

[cglrcng]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gaGnaYYfiB8

The above addy gets you to the Ri3D youtube channel....Watch the Day 2 Stream 2 (or scan through until you see them gather around for the scaling test).....Of course they don't yet have any front or rear frame members on that AM Tank Drive or Bumpers on it yet so it is very hard to tell when it is hanging in the "L" position whether it is officially outside of the frame more than 15" or not. But they have it driving, collecting, shooting, and hanging. (The start of scaling test is around 2:52:10, full hang at 3:01 or so). That vid is 6 hrs. + long).

Hmmm, run that video out to the last 10 minutes and you will see the bot in shooter mode in front of the Defense Ramp (Either all the builders are midgets/dwarves, or that bot is well over the 4'-6" in height and would be illegal on field in this years game outside of the last 20 seconds of a match (no robot can exceed that height until then correct?)

[Koko Ed]

I remember the oddest robot that ever made it to Einstein was 1218 in 2004. To get up onto the platform it would lay down on ti's side and drag itself up onto the platform. You can see it start to do it in the first semifinal match.. FIRST was very different back then . No more two team alliances. No more wedge bots. And bumpers exist now so these bots wouldn't be as effective.