Major robot upgrades refore next Regional

[=Martin=Taylor=]

Were swaping in some faster motors and geraboxes to make our roller claw go 4x faster

Were also working on hybrid (encoders weren't working in Portland).

[MegaSparks]

Thanks for all your concerns and we will be well under the 25 lb rule and under the 10 hour rule as well. Last year being our rookie year we were hesitant to make more than simple modifications, but then we had some reliability issues last year as well. The team will touch every part of the robot to improve speed on all drives, handling, gripper function, hybrid mode, mast movement, safety features, controls and build robustness into little (and sometimes big) things that broke in St Louis.

I like the turret design. You could use it to shoot the track balls off the over pass in hybrid and at the end of the game! Humm, I am sure we would be over the weight limit adding something like that to ours!

I just needed to know if this was normal or are we taking on more that what other teams have taken on.

Second year concerns....

[MegaSparks]

One more thing I need feedback on. Are drivers ever satisfied with the speed of the robot or do keep asking the teams for more speed?

[Tom Line]

Our first regional is Detroit, and we already know we're going to make some pretty lengthy modifications. Our practice bot has shown us some issues that will have to be fixed before the game. It's a challenge to watch that 10 hour window and make sure you're legal with fabbing the parts. We're bringing a lot of raw stock to the competition to fab on the spot exactly for that reason.

[SL8]

I am working on possibly being able to knock the ball off in hybrid, and there are proposed major changes to the arms.

[thefro526]

I think we're just gonna do some mods for hybrid and maybe ad a sensor so that we can stop the elevator just high enough to knock the trackball off but not enough to get snagged on the overpass but idk, I gotta talk to our robocoach and mentor to get clearance.

Also with the 25 pound rule, I've never seen it enforced and it's funny because when I went to uncrate at the Champs my freshman year some team brought in an entire ball shooting mechanism with a conveyor belt, and it was definitely more than 25lbs. It's more about GP than anything, and plus any pre-fabbed component over 25lbs should have been shipped with your bot, IMO