Blocking a robot driving clock-wise

[Scott358]

Originally Posted by Vikesrock

Does your robot have a parking brake? If not I can't imagine you would be much of a hindrance parking behind an opposing robot. Many robots will plow you out of the way like you aren't even there.

Since you asked about a parking brake, we do have a program that utilizes encoder feedback to have the drive train attempt to maintain position (i.e. in a zero joystick position, if the encoders sense movement, the bot will attempt to get back to where it was moved from without need to touch the joysticks). I guess this is a type of parking brake?

Without a brake, a robot could also simply park sideways to execute this defense.

Last, once pushed back a bit, you could always push back yourself (which I believe is what the GDC is talking about in their response).

In the end, our robot is a hurdler (you can see the Team 358 video in the robot showcase) , so I don't see our robot playing this type of defensive role, as we'll be hurdling.