Scaling and G18 Interaction

[Ryan_Todd]

Originally Posted by jdaming

The first idea that comes to mind is moving the "tape meausre" inward towards the tower and then using an arm with a roller on the end to create a second contact point against the tower. That would allow the robot to roll up the side of the tower while maintaining a flat orientation.

I assume you mean that the stabilizing arm extends downwards, and that the "tape measure" is just a bit closer to the tower than the robot's CG? The stabilizing arm would need be limited in length, then, or else the bumper height rule would be violated.

The only other idea I've got is to move the "tape measure" a bit further away from the tower than the robot's CG, and extend the stabilizing arm upward from the tower-facing edge of the bot. This would allow a longer stabilizing arm, and therefore greater stability.

Either way, though, you'll still need the "tape measure" anchor point to be pretty close to the bot's CG. As if it wasn't hard enough already to package all these systems in a low bot...