Team Update #18

[JesseK]

Assuming the minibot stays on the pole after impact, the trick is to make the cut-off switches either slow (not a quick flip) or require more than 4N of force to push. Either will increase contact time with the top plate. Squishy surgical tubing comes to mind.

Design is iterative, right?

[AlexD744]

I don't know about the towers at other regionals, but at Florida, for our 3 lb/1.6 second minibot, the tower triggered every time. Granted we didn't get our minibot and deployment working until our last qualifier, so it only had 4 goes at it, but it triggered it four out of four times. And for the most part, the towers there were registering minibots, both slow and fast.

However, being on the drive team leaves me with little time to watch matches, so I am not sure if every other team had this success rate, feel free to correct me if you minibot experienced a false negative at Florida.