Robots Tipping Over

[scottmacdonald]

I was wondering if anybody has seen any robotics tip over during the competitions this year?
It seems less likely because of the trailer.

I remember is happening a couple times last year when tall robots would ram into the overpass. Or in 2006 when they had to climb the ramp at the end of the match.

Thanks

[Nick Lawrence]

I know that at GTR we nearly tipped 1547's trailer over during a match, but as far as robots go, I have not seen a single one tip.

[nahstobor]

We have been close and have gotten under trailers but Tipping a robot over is a task to be done in the offseason (Hint, requires more than one robot).

My team honestly tried in Autonomous going full speed into a robot going full speed but we unfortunately missed and went full speed into the airlock (even getting some paint on our robot)

[AdamHeard]

Originally Posted by nahstobor

My team honestly tried in Autonomous going full speed into a robot going full speed but we unfortunately missed and went full speed into the airlock (even getting some paint on our robot)

Wait, so you were trying to tip someone?

[DustinWyke]

973 got extremely close to tipping over at a few of the regionals and our trailer got over half way up onto the wall during one of the matches at champs but we never tipped completely.

[trigger]

842 almost tipped someone over if it wasn't for the trailer the other bot would have fallen over

[sammyjalex]

During qualification matches, team 341's turret completely fell over causing us a penalty for exceeding the bumper limits haha

[AlexD744]

I think 359's trailer could have been tipped at Champs after a ball got stuck under it. However, there was only 25 seconds or so left after the ball was stuck and it was never rammed. With the surface giving so little traction the wheels just slide when hit, and it would probably require something getting under teh robots and a simultaneous hit of 2 or 3 robot on one against a wall, and that 1 would have to have a very high center of gravity. So all in al it's very difficult and probably never happened.

[Nawaid Ladak]

as far as i've seen. Not a single robot has gotten tipped all of this year

for those of us who remember, Tipping five years ago was almost an every match occurance. I honestly miss robots tipping over, those were the days...

[Rick TYler]

Originally Posted by Nawaid Ladak

for those of us who remember, Tipping five years ago was almost an every match occurance. I honestly miss robots tipping over, those were the days...

Start an FTC team. The small chassis sizes combined with high-friction wheels and tons of torque motors results in robots that go down more often than submarines with screen doors. On the other hand, a really large number of them this year were self-righting. 575 must have flipped over backwards an average of three times per match, and was not unusual. The faster the robot, the more likely they were to go over. With 575 it was accelerate too hard, flip over, whack bucket over the top while accelerating hard and the robot was back up and running.

[Imadapocalypse]

im not entirely sure about robots tipping on the field, but during that long walk to the playing field our robot cart almost tipped over cracks in the trail... While our robot was still on it >.<

[Akash Rastogi]

Originally Posted by Nawaid Ladak

as far as i've seen. Not a single robot has gotten tipped all of this year

for those of us who remember, Tipping five years ago was almost an every match occurance. I honestly miss robots tipping over, those were the days...

You mean fun stuff like this?

Us and our rookie tipped over...fun.
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/img...af43e7c2_l.jpg

[Nawaid Ladak]

Originally Posted by Akash Rastogi

You mean fun stuff like this?

Us and our rookie tipped over...fun.
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/img...af43e7c2_l.jpg

it was fun having to strategize for CoG.... not to mention there were no bumpers and wedges were legal back in those days.... It was great doing the tipping, and sort of kind of exciting when you did get tipped (if it was only a couple of times per regional)

[MrForbes]

lotsa robots fell over in 2006, our rookie year, including ours on many occasions, so we learned all about CG, and haven't had one come anywhere near falling over since.

[David Brinza]

After experiencing the distinct displeasure of having their robot tip over during the 2006 GTR semifinals, Team 4 revealed their redesigned "tip-proof" robot in Atlanta.

After seeing this demo, Team 980 does all it can to maintain a low c.g. in our robots.

BTW, I've also seen stickers on the underside of robots stating: "If you can read this, please help me up."