pic: Double lift!!

[falconmaster]

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[TheOtherGuy]

I didn't manage to see that match but I heard that 1212 had a really cool ramp! It looks like it worked well, too!

[sanddrag]

I can't tell - what makes it go up?

[GUI]

We were next to 1212 in the pit, and it looked like they have a window motor on each side ancting as a winch.

[sanddrag]

Really? Anyone see how long it takes?

[Donut]

It's a winch system that drives a scissor lift. Each side is independently driven, so they don't have to lift both at once. I think they diverted power from their drive motors to do it, but I'm not sure, that's what it seemed like when we practiced lifting with them (the omni-wheel on the opposite side of the bot tended to spin in place while they lifted us on one side of them).

Definitely a cool lift, had a few jamming problems, but still pretty awesome to watch.

[Masterofstuff]

well the lifts were connected to a string which we used 2 motors (one on each side) to winch them up...it takes about 12 seconds but we can do both at the same time...

[Dan Petrovic]

Wow. That looks much higher than 12".

How high does it go?

[ElfMaster]

The lift can go about 14 inches high. This is to make sure any wheels that are hanging down are about the 12 inch mark