pic: Robot Spacing for Scaling the Tower

[Joe G.]

Originally Posted by MrForbes

Is anyone making their robot with a 120 inch frame perimeter? we are usually several inches smaller.....

We are (minus a fraction of an inch to make it clear we're compliant during inspection), and it's hard enough as is. Any shorter, we can't comfortably make our desired drive geometry work. Any narrower, and the boulder doesn't comfortably pass through our bumpers. And we've barely scratched the surface on the fun times that will be forcing all the electronics to fit in this thing.

I would say that a better takeaway from this image is, make sure you're gripping the bar well, and can hold on at non-ideal angles. Suspended robots in this position will push on each other causing their bases to rock or rotate in odd and unpredictable ways, rather than just simply not fitting, and your latch system should be able to handle this, instead of designing to operate in isolation.

Also, note that the two 28" robots may not be able to get to where they are even if they're just resting on the Batter, because of the dividers between the sides of the Batter.