pic: 343, up without a doubt

[Jamie Kalb]

Originally Posted by cziggy343

I would love to! and im going to descibe how we are driving it now instead of in this picture.

first, the entire mechanism folds down into the robot. it is held by a latch that runs off the motor's shaft. so, when the motor starts, the latch is released, which then releases the gas shocks.

second, run into the pole. there are two spring loaded clips that clamp itself to the pole.

third, a pneumatic is used to set the weight of the robot to begin to climb.

fourth, two fisher price motors lift the robot up. and the wheel is a trailer boat roller.

the only thing different are the motors, everything else will remain the same

So the same motor/motor group that provides the lifting force releases the latch (i.e. deploys the lifter)? That's clever!

And the spring-loaded latching onto the pole step is very smart. Saves a whole lot of time lining up!

I'm a little confused on Step Three, though. How do you "set the weight of the robot" with a pneumatic?