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Re: Maybe not with only 5 minute cycle...
Posted by Michael Betts.
Engineer on team #177, Bobcat Robotics, from South Windsor High School and International Fuel Cells.
Posted on 1/24/2000 6:37 PM MST
In Reply to: Maybe not with only 5 minute cycle... posted by Joe Johnson on 1/24/2000 5:38 PM MST:
My feeling is that making robots which 'don't require power after the match' is wishful thinking on FIRST's part.
Removing a robot from the bar is entirely doable, but only part of the problem. Most motors will be geared so that they are very powerful and/or retain a given attitude when powered down. The window motors will not 'break' at all without power.
I really don't envision robots being removed from the field without resuming a 'stowed' position. I think we may see a lot of pulled backs, dropped robots and 'clocked' bystanders if we try moving robots in extended positions.
Also, I'm not sure that running a tether to a robot is any faster than just having FIRST re-apply power. In fact, it is probably much slower.
If FIRST is going to pick up time, it's in having a game which is easier to judge. This, they have done. However, because the second field is not 'set up and ready to go' immediately, I think that the cycle times will be greater this year than next.
Mike
Post Script, I agree, the OI power is going to be a blessing!
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