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Re: pic: Team 4 Robot "Tipping Test"
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Originally Posted by Tristan Lall
Wait a second, isn't that the robot that you put together for GTR, and not your original robot? Did you compete with that thing?
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All of the sheet aluminum structure above the frame on the "original robot" was for shooter and ball collector mechanisms which we planned to modify on Thursday at GTR. The shipping snafu killed those plans, so we built the "One-Day Wonder". When we got our original robot in playing condition on Sat at GTR, we found ourselves in a purely defensive role in our alliances. In SF1-2 at GTR, we tipped early in the match with our somewhat top-heavy robot. We decided, as a team, to make our robot as effective and reliable as possible - no more tipping.
In Atlanta, we removed the shooter/ball collector housings from the original robot, mounted a 1/4" aluminum plate under our chassis and built the lightest weight "superstructure" as practical to allow us to block shots. So, our competition robot in Atlanta was a "hybrid" of the original robot and the GTR "One-Day Wonder". With the significant changes, we weren't quite ready for "prime-time" on our Friday qualification matches, but performed much better in our two final qual matches on Saturday.
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