pic: Bare minimum

[Packmon's_girl]

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[Collin Fultz]

This looks good. I'm curious though. Why didn't you use the KOP frame? It seems like it would be lighter than 8020. Maybe not.

I like the gearbox. Good luck!

[Packmon's_girl]

I think the reason why is because the team we originally started working with used the 8020, and we find it easier to connect our diffrent things we need to it. Not to mention, we are a rookie team, and we wanted something strong, easy to work with, and we were pressured to use it.

[mpob]

Looks good! Your team is off to a really good start!

Keep up the hard work!


--Mike

[Greg Marra]

A bit of advice:

The radio doesn't really need to be mounted up high like you have it. The radios are very powerful, and mounting it with the rest of your electronics will decrease the amount of wire you need to run and make one less element you need to worry about breaking.

[Packmon's_girl]

They just decided to tape it up there, because it was an easy place to put it, and we take it apart every night.

[coldabert]

Originally Posted by Greg Marra

A bit of advice:

The radio doesn't really need to be mounted up high like you have it. The radios are very powerful, and mounting it with the rest of your electronics will decrease the amount of wire you need to run and make one less element you need to worry about breaking.

It is generally a good idea to keep the radio antenna vertically oriented.

[greencactus3]

Originally Posted by coldabert

It is generally a good idea to keep the radio antenna vertically oriented.

really? why is that? up high with less interference i get but why vertical?

[Gdeaver]

Eliminate the spaghetti wiring. Told our team same thing on Sat.

[Murf the Smurf]

Originally Posted by Gdeaver

Eliminate the spaghetti wiring. Told our team same thing on Sat.

Last year was the first year for our team and we found that using zip ties to hold wires that ran to similar components was the easiest way to organize your wiring

[KenWittlief]

Originally Posted by greencactus3

really? why is that? up high with less interference i get but why vertical?

the beam pattern of the antenna looks like a classic doughnut , with the antenna poking up the center of the hole.

Off the top and bottom ends of the antenna you get no energy at all, so having the antenna horizontal means there are two blind spots on your coverage.

[KenWittlief]

BTW, this thread raises an interesting question: what is the real 'bare minimum' for a robot this year.

If you go though all the rules, then what is the robot required to have?

the team number and name, the flag...... is anything else really required?

could you have a blob of silly putty with the flag stuck in it, with your team number on all sides, and pass inspection?

[devicenull]

Originally Posted by KenWittlief

BTW, this thread raises an interesting question: what is the real 'bare minimum' for a robot this year.

If you go though all the rules, then what is the robot required to have?

the team number and name, the flag...... is anything else really required?

could you have a blob of silly putty with the flag stuck in it, with your team number on all sides, and pass inspection?

You *need* the backup battery too. Although without the RC, I don't exactly know where you would connect it. Aren't the team color LED's required too?

[Murf the Smurf]

Do you have any plans to score points or are you planing on just defending goals and pushing balls in if you get lucky?

[Andy A.]

The RC, radio, backup battery, main battery, main breaker, breaker block or other associated support wiring, flag mount, and team numbers. Also, you would have to plug in your OI to enable the RC, or it would just stay disabled and the field software wouldn't know if there were 6 teams or 5 teams. This would probably be a pain in the scoring teams you know what.

These are the bare minimum things that you would need to pass inspection per the rules. A head ref might decide that you need to at least have a frame or something to bolt all that down to though. So toss in a piece of plywood.

-Andy A.