teaser of 2502's robot

[hutchMN]

The rods were mounted with duct tape at the time of this video as a proof of concept. We have since made better mounts for them and have decreased their length to help prevent them from extending beyond 15 inches. Worse case we can use a more solid rod because we don’t plan on going underneath anything. We have polycarbonate sides on the intake so the ball can’t escape, it’s just hard to see in the video. Thanks for all the input.

[Roboshant]

Is that reflective tape near the top of the fiber glass rods? If so, you might jam the vision sensing for some robots (not completely sure). Doing this is also against R9 as C clarifies in the blue box.

[hutchMN]

Originally Posted by Roboshant

Is that reflective tape near the top of the fiber glass rods? If so, you might jam the vision sensing for some robots (not completely sure). Doing this is also against R9 as C clarifies in the blue box.

That part is no longer on the rod, we made the rods shorter (after the video was filmed) and that part was cut off in the process. Thanks for the feedback

[Christopher149]

What exactly are the rods and what are they made of? And are they rigidly mounted at the base?

We've been trying to find something like that but haven't found anything flexible enough. And I'm not yet in love with a tilting spring-loaded base.

[anishde]

Great job, guys! Clearly your work with Aerial Assist helped you out on this one...

[hutchMN]

Originally Posted by anishde

Great job, guys! Clearly your work with Aerial Assist helped you out on this one...

We got most of our inspiration from team 16's 2012 robot.

[silverD]

Love seeing more and more MN presence on CD! Awesome robot and I hope to see it in action. Looks like the practice is paying off.
Nate