Self-righting

[Zoheb N]

Originally Posted by Tim566

can anyone think of a way to reduce the risk of tipping without redesigning the robot or adding much weight? ( our robot is at the weight limit assuming our scale is accurate but I am hoping the scale added weight to the robot that way we have room to make little add-ons come practice day)

Well team 118 has now for the last two year built outriggers (basically pieces of PVC that come out of the robot after the start of the match to balance the robot) and they have worked fine. here is the thread with our 2006 bot http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...ight=robonauts

[EricRobodox]

Our team has a low robot that is very efficient. Not even close to 5 feet tall. And we know we can be blocked by other teams, but for them to block us is very hard to do. If they do block us, we can beat them to the side goal anyways and dump out our balls.

Anyhow, the wheelie idea seems great for a small little nuge, but in all honesty, if that wheelie bar is not long, as in when extended out is not a foot long minimum, a robot can push that thing over easily as pie on the ramp. I am just predicting, that some falling over protections may work some of the time, i highly doubt most teams that have one will not tip over at least once in competition.

Our robot was designed with trying to get everything as low as we could get it, and at the Birmingham Sectional, that mentality got us first seed, as well as won the comp. As well as being a less or about 4 feet tall.

Good, luck with designing a mechanism for tall robots. I hope someone proves me wong. I love to see what crazy cool contraptions people make to stop this without going over weight.

[Barry Bonzack]

1604 is 54" tall. if we throw full forward and then full reverse, it gets a bit tippy. We put some lexan on the back with a hinge so if it starts to tip it will rest on the lexan long enough for the driver to throw it in reverse. If we hit the ground there is no getting back up.

[Tim566]

after looking at VCU webcast it appears my suspicions are confirmed so I am going to push for some sort of "anti-Tipping" device at our regional.