[FVC]: Team 3228 S.P.A.M. FVC Robot

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Originally Posted by Jared W

Right now, it is about 3-4 inches away from hanging. But we did develop a system that would allow the gate to flip up and hook on to the bar. But we threw out the idea and decided it was better to get rid of one of the tower motors and make the arm go up and down faster.

If I can add to this - getting enough height to hang would be easy. What wouldn't be easy is providing the torque from the motors and/or gear tooth strength to handle the load. When we went to the aluminum kits for the arms, I assumed a natural outcome would be to add a hanging capability in the end. The complexity of the design forced the robot to be heavy (even witht he Al) and only allowed for one motor dedicated to driving the top arm.

Originally Posted by Jared W

Plus, since we can get on the ramp, we can easily block a robot from hanging since our robot is so big and the arm gets so close to the top.

Also I think we have a good chance to block robots from hanging if our endgame strategy is dedicated to this, but I would fall very short of saying we can "easily block" another bot.