Drive Speeds

[gyaniv]

Our time is actually going for about 3meter/second (about 10feet/second) with a 16:1 gear...

We think it is more important to be able to maneuver around the field the best we can rather than speed... Though speed is always nice, but since each part of the field is about 17X27 feet it will be hard to accelerate, keeping in mind that acceleration going both ways. Which means takes time to build up speed and to slow down.

So basically a robot that is planned to move just vertically in the field will have 27feet tops to accelerate, not to mention that it also has to slow down otherwise the motors will burn down if you will turn them over and over just in a second. So even 15feet/second is a high speed since most likely you will never get to this speed during a match without burning the motors. Unless your robot goes in the tunnel and the driver is experienced enough to get in it without slowing down.

Also i don't know if you tried it but in my opinion if you will try to pass the bump with 15feet/second you will most likely tip over or your robot will get such a strike that will shake all the structure.