pic: Our best 2011 robot design

[LLogan]

Originally Posted by sanddrag

I must say, in a decade of doing FRC, I've never thought of or seen that before.

Our team did a very very similar design in 2007.


Here our lift is folded down. That piston actuates so that it becomes vertical.


Here is the lift unfolded to its full height.

IIRC, we were either seeded #1 or first pick that year, but we lost in the semifinals due to heavy defense.

We never tipped over, but we got pretty darn close a few times according to older members (I wasn't around in 2007). The inability to retract our arm to a lesser height was something our team regretted, I think.

I also believe we had some difficulty lining up the slides when it extended... can't really remember.