Karthik & 1114: Effective FIRST Strategies 2016 - Championship Conference

[Rivet Man]

Originally Posted by marccenter

Karthik,

One element of your strategic presentation discusses using a single manipulator with an additional element to complete two game tasks versus the use of dual manipulators. (Multi-functionality, consolidation).

For the 3548 robot, and others, we modified our front ball. intake to add wheels that are used to raise the portculllis. The simple addition of 4 inch AM white wheels allows us to raise the portcullis in both teleOp and Auton. Other robots may have needed to add more complicated end effectors to raise the portcullis during teleOP and struggled to perform well during Autonomous period.

I think Karthik's presentation uses a much older example for this function and can be updated for this years game, Stronghold

Hi marccenter,

Although I've never watched one of Karthik's presentations I have heard about them!

I think that putting in the example that you generously provided about your own team's experience would help the audience lock onto the topic at hand. Do you have any video of this mechanism in action? I tried searching thebluealliance for it but had a bit of a tough time finding this device opening the Portcullis.

Again, always love to see how engaged people are! I'll be riveted to my screen later tonight when I get around to watching one of Karthik's old videos (These are posted on Youtube, right?).

Best Regards,
RM