To All Ramp Bots.

[Travis Hoffman]

Our slotted ramps are 12" wide each with a 10" slit in the middle. They will have both outer and inner guard rails by the end of Thursday in Pittsburgh. If you aren't driving like a bat out of heck, they should be more than sufficient to keep your drive wheels "in the pipe....5x5" (random "Aliens" reference).

To 118, what about programming a "tank steer mode" into your control system that makes your swerve drive behave exactly like a single joystick (or double? not sure of your joystick setup) tank drive when climbing the ramp? Lock the steering to point the wheels straight ahead, then use the single or double joystick default driving code as a starting point. Simply avoid allowing extra degrees of steering freedom during ramp ascent.

If cappers are asking rampbots to improve their ramp designs, I feel it's only natural and fair for all of us rampbots to ask cappers what they can do to become better climbers! Let's have both robot styles think about the problem and approach a solution from both ends!