pic: prototype of ramp in up postion

[Madison]

Originally Posted by fluffy

it would be folded up so it would be perpedicular to the ground. At the end of the game, a pin would be pulled, it would fall down, a robot would drive on it, and then we'd lift it off the ground to the position in the picture above
the platform would be made out of a honeycomb aluminum
unfortunately, we decided since it would weigh about 20lbs a side that it was a little heavy so we're going with something else

We've been looking into honeycomb aluminum for some of the surfaces on our machine as well, but we've not had much luck finding local suppliers. We'd like to take a small sheet and put it through its paces first before committing to its use. We have some concern about how rigid it'll remain over long spans.

20 lbs. per side seems about right, given everything that's involved. It's a fantastic system for teams that really want to focus on scoring bonus points at the end of the match because of the many benefits it has over most ramp designs -- primarily, ease of use by partner robots. I'm interested to see more of what you've decided to use in place of this design.