How's your ramp?

[ggoldman]

Are you just focusing on ramps, or will you have a manipulator as well?

I believe most teams will have some type of strategy for end game (either being able to climb steep ramps or deploying their own).

Ideas for ramp deployment:

Gravity, Springs, Screw Drive, Pneumatics

Ramp Structure:

Folded, Rolled up, Sliding out, Lifters

[teh_pwnerer795]

What my team is doing is creating a ramp that is deattachable. So before we go into the match we see if our other team members have ramps or not.

[65_Xero_Huskie]

We can climb on robots this year????!?!?!?!

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I am interested to see some of the designs that you can come up with when you get a bunch of FIRST-ers together and have giant robots climbing on each other

Rock climbing anyone?
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[Tiger963]

The TigerTechs 963, are using the ramp design, Our "Bird" will have a "wingspand" of 12 ft. It will use Mr. Gravity and just some simple but durable cables to hold the "wings" up. We will be able to hold 2 robots aswell. Big Robot huh?

Look out Buckeye Regionals. Here Comes the Flying Tiger.

[Chris_Elston]

Originally Posted by teh_pwnerer795

What my team is doing is creating a ramp that is deattachable. So before we go into the match we see if our other team members have ramps or not.

I didn't think detachable parts are legal? Did you guys post a question somewhere on the GDC forums that allow you to do this?

<G40> Detaching mechanisms - ROBOTS may not intentionally detach parts or leave multiple
mechanisms on the field. Violations will result in a 10-point penalty per incident. If an
intentionally detached component or mechanism significantly impedes access to the RACK
or an ALLIANCE ROBOT during the END GAME, the offending ROBOT will be disqualified
from the match.

[Kevin Sevcik]

Chris,

I suspect he means detachable, as in, "we don't need a crazy huge ramp this round, let's take it off the robot and run without it."

[Chris_Elston]

Originally Posted by Kevin Sevcik

Chris,

I suspect he means detachable, as in, "we don't need a crazy huge ramp this round, let's take it off the robot and run without it."

ah ok...I get it... yeah that makes sense now. Thanks!

[NoSkaOnTheRadio]

team 1757 is designing an ambitious pair of pneumatic driven scissor lifts under a pair of "wings". if all goes well, we should be able to lift both of our teammates to the full 12", but i can't make any garauntees!

[Ericgehrken]

How are you going to take 20 psi pneumatic cylinders and lift up 2 120 pound robots?

[waialua359]

Originally Posted by firstbots195

How are you going to take 20 psi pneumatic cylinders and lift up 2 120 pound robots?

now, that my friend, is a good question? Our thoughts also.

[Madison]

Originally Posted by firstbots195

How are you going to take 20 psi pneumatic cylinders and lift up 2 120 pound robots?

The operating pressure of the pneumatics system can be as high as 60 PSI at the pistons. It's quite plausible that a properly sized piston can be used to actuate a lift.

[lopz056]

well our team 1388 was thinkin of putting two ramps off each side of our robot so two robots can drive up each side, and have a spring loaded bar that pops up hopefully a foot up the ramp. so when the other robots drive up the ramp and the bar will pop up as to keep the robot from sliding back down when the power turns off, so that way you can hold two robots at a foot each, but i dont know what ur design is like

[waialua359]

we thought about that as well, in general. However, as we are anticipating a weight problem already, we are just shooting for 45 out of 60.

[Gary Dillard]

Originally Posted by M. Krass

The operating pressure of the pneumatics system can be as high as 60 PSI at the pistons. It's quite plausible that a properly sized piston can be used to actuate a lift.

Do you get extra points if you do it fast enough that your alliance partners catch air?

[Donut]

We look to be adding ramps along the front in such a way that our robot provides about half of the platform for our partners, and a seperate platform provides the other part.

Of course, we're focusing on our arm first, so if we don't have enough weight we'll toss off the ramps and go arm only.