Who is hanging and how?

[JamesCH95]

Spring-loaded telescoping arm with pneumatics to lift the bot. I hope we finish it up soon so I can post pictures...

[PAR_WIG1350]

Originally Posted by Vikesrock

And the robot is touching the tower. It may be tricky(but not impossible) to get the second robot you are trying to elevate in contact with the tower if the first robot doesn't quite fit and has to hang off.

You could be in the middle of the field, it doesn't really matter if you touch the tower or not.

[Vikesrock]

Originally Posted by PAR_WIG1350

You could be in the middle of the field, it doesn't really matter if you touch the tower or not.

Not true. The definition of elevated:

ELEVATED: A ROBOT that is completely above the plane of the PLATFORM and in contact with the TOWER shall be considered ELEVATED.

Emphasis mine

[Bruceb]

We are not hanging but if we are in the middle we are going to keep you from hanging.

[Steven Sigley]

Yeah we're not hanging anymore after breaking our carbon fiber arm, oh well though, we still can push you and keep you from getting 2.

[Michael Corsetto]

Originally Posted by Steven Sigley

Yeah we're not hanging anymore after breaking our carbon fiber arm, oh well though, we still can push you and keep you from getting 2.

Better have some careful drivers, if your pushing a robot and while you're pushing they make contact with the tower, its a red card on you per <G34>.

I'm sad your arm didn't work out, it was so cool! The way those keyed hubs were set in the carbon fiber was sweet!

[Steven Sigley]

Of course, we just plan on not letting them get even close to the tower in the first place, or if they leave really earlier then we'll take advantage of the handicap and score on them.

We'll be very careful about that, no one wants any penalties.

[Grim Tuesday]

While driving, our arm, if extended bends like crazy. Luckilly, it is made of cheap material (aluminium U shapd thingys), so we will be making a few extra, and bringing them. Just in case.

[Koko Ed]

We use this.

To do this.

[Salbert]

Originally Posted by IndySam

To lift a robot onto your robot that is on the platform?

If the robot is on top of you, and the top of you is the height of the platform or more, the robot on top of you has to touch the platform to get 2 points. Get two bots up, one on the platform, one on you, and you have 4 points.

MARS created a rampbot. The ramp is about 37 degrees, but we have skateboard grip tape to help robots up. Even Swamp's (179) heavy robot was able to get up. Deploying it is easy. Ours is spring loaded, you just pull the pin holding it in with pneumatics and it unfolds by itself.

Building rampbots was heavily implied in the rules and video, I'm surprised there aren't more.

[PAR_WIG1350]

Originally Posted by Vikesrock

Not true. The definition of elevated:

ELEVATED: A ROBOT that is completely above the plane of the PLATFORM and in contact with the TOWER shall be considered ELEVATED.
Emphasis mine

Sorry, I forgot to check the manual

[Austinmead]

Originally Posted by Bruceb

I still find myself wondering what the advantage of hanging by yourself is? It's only 2 points and I think it is likely that if you keep playing offense you will score at least 2 points and if you were playing defense you would probably be giving up at least 2 points given an undefended goal. If you can reliably hang and suspend another robot then I can see where 5 points is worth getting. The difficulty in doing so with a teammate that has never seen your robot or practiced with you or has properly anticipated how to hang from you seems quite high and is likely to limit the success of this operation. Thoughts??
Bruce

yes, but allowing them to score two and then you hanging, scoring 2, gives you more seating points increasing your rank at competitions

[lohsfirst]

I guess I am showing my ignorance here, but what is "hanging"?

Originally Posted by lohsfirst

I guess I am showing my ignorance here, but what is "hanging"?

This was the endgame for the 2010 game, Breakaway. More info can be found at the FIRST website. For the endgame, robots hung themselves onto towers situated near the center of the field.

This has no relation to the 2012 game Rebound Rumble, so you won't get confused.

[Cecil]

Holy thread revival, Batman!

In other words,

Welcome to ChiefDelphi

As Andrew said, this thread is 2 years old now and doesn't relate anything to this year's game.