What will be more important?

[Greg Marra]

Remember how easy it was to shoot last year even while other robots were jostling you around?

I am sure precisely moving an arm to place an object onto an object you can't see clearly because you're looking through a giant piece of metal and PVC while being bumped by a robot who's drivers have a clear view will be even easier!

Just my $.02...

[burkey_turkey]

Originally Posted by Greg Marra

Remember how easy it was to shoot last year even while other robots were jostling you around?

I am sure precisely moving an arm to place an object onto an object you can't see clearly because you're looking through a giant piece of metal and PVC while being bumped by a robot who's drivers have a clear view will be even easier!

Just my $.02...

one thing we implemented last year to allow us to hold our position was a pnumatic breaking system. we had two vertically mounted pistons that would push out with a grippy pad at the end of them. These were verry efective in keeping us motionless. when we had these deployed, only teams with treads were able to move us. the enture system weighed only about 6 pounds (not including compressor and tanks) and didnt take up much room either. the system even won us the delphi driving technology award. as our mentor/college student/team alum Gui Calvalcanti says : you guys need to realize that anything is possible, you just dont know how to do it.

so in conclusion, if your goal is t place tubes not block others from placing them, being quick to get where you want to be first, and then deploying a breaking system to keep you there while you place your tube can make you a very effective robot.

[imax48236]

I agree with what many others have said, that speed is important for getting to the rack, but torque will be essential in defensive situations and ramping.

With that in mind, our team is using both small CIMS w/ bane-bots transmissions and the large cims to optimize our ratios.

As a scoring bot, we're looking to have a high top speed.

[efoote868]

it'll definitely be interesting to see how this game plays out. Last year's game was one of the few ones that everything we expected about game play turned out to be true; this year we've got no idea what will happen.