Our lifting robot

[AdamHeard]

Originally Posted by Sunshine

Thanks,

I'd happier if someone going to the Wisconsin or 10,000 Lakes regionals said that.

Which part is designed for other teams to grab onto?

Also, do you plan on being able to lift 300 pounds up with you, or just support 300 pounds once you're up there?

[Sunshine]

Originally Posted by AdamHeard

Which part is designed for other teams to grab onto?

Also, do you plan on being able to lift 300 pounds up with you, or just support 300 pounds once you're up there?

If you look at the both ends of the robot you will see a ladder type apparatus. There are 3 rungs that other robots can choose from.

For now, Support 300 pounds once we are up. A lot more testing and tweaking before we can make any other guarantees.

[AdamHeard]

Originally Posted by Sunshine

If you look at the both ends of the robot you will see a ladder type apparatus. There are 3 rungs that other robots can choose from.

For now, Support 300 pounds once we are up. A lot more testing and tweaking before we can make any other guarantees.

It might be a good idea to sleeve those and make the 1.5" round in case teams depend on that shape. Also, what about the teams that plan on grabbing the vertical pipe?

[Sunshine]

I like the 1.5" round idea. If we can work around the extra weight I think we'll try that. Thanks for the idea. We were not expecting to see many vertical climbers. I hope we are right. (again, a very good observation)

Thanks

[coldfusion1279]

Cool.

Can you have a robot hang on one side but not on the other? In other words, will you torque too much if all the weight is placed on one side of your bot and cause one of your hooks to be detached?

[Sunshine]

Originally Posted by coldfusion1279

Cool.

Can you have a robot hang on one side but not on the other? In other words, will you torque too much if all the weight is placed on one side of your bot and cause one of your hooks to be detached?

Extensive testing showed that we can have a robot hang on just one side or both. Our vertical supports in conjunction with the tower keeps it stable. We even tried hanging the robot with just one hook and it was stable. I wouldn't try hanging with another robot on it and one hook though.