Robot ideas

[Bongle]

Originally Posted by supertroopa86

Our team had no trouble getting on the ramp when right next to it even with the
transmission supplied in the kit of parts

My team had no issues either, but there were lots of teams that had trouble maneuvering up the very wide ramp at the end of the match. Maneuvering up a robot that is arbitrarily rotated, will probably move slightly as you get on, and is only slightly larger than your own will be very difficuilt.

Edit: Actually, I guess a flower-petal design with some light metal would work decently. If you have a 1ft-tall robot with a 3ft-tall deployable ramp, then the angles required aren't as bad (18 degrees). If you go for a very tall robot when not folded, then you just have a 11 degree ramp for the mounter to traverse, which is definetely doable. It'd still make me very nervous to have another robot on top, but it'd be workable. If the ramp was side-mounted, then it should be wide enough that navigating it wouldn't be impossible, though you'd still have a tipping risk if your alliance partner came on too fast.

Edit2: Like the attached renders I just made. Which I guess is very much like the wildstang shots shown before.