Robot Speeds - Opinions sought

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Posted by Thomas A. Frank.

Engineer on team #121, The Islanders/Rhode Warrior, from Middletown (RI) High School and Naval Undersea Warfare Center.

Posted on 2/23/2000 3:31 PM MST


In Reply to: SPLAT! posted by Dodd Stacy on 2/10/2000 10:05 AM MST:




: I will buy a case of cola (or?) for any team whose bot can touch the balls at the far end of the field within 4 seconds after it moves from the starting position. (And I'll help scrape the bot off the end wall, too.)

: I'll also wager no bot will clear the downslope of the ramp in the air, ie; land on the floor - not the ramp - after crossing the peak of the ramp. The gauntlet's down!

Hi Dodd;

I made the same wager (on the four seconds). I expect to have to pay off.

You see, our machine achieved both of the criteria you set forth above. Unfortunately, the power needed was so high that it had really bad effects on the drivetrain (I'll bring some of the stripped gears with me), battery (life expectancy was very low), and main fuse (it was getting HOT), and the drivers found it almost uncontrollable, so we detuned it to a much more reasonable level.

Now what we lack in speed we more than make up for in pushing power :-)

I miss the flying...

Tom Frank