pic: Delicate Balance

[whytheheckme]

That's nutty. And sweet. Talk about extreme engineering!

Even 2 of your wheels are off the ground. Love the bumpers!

Jacob

[Qbranch]

I've never SEEN a kitbot frame torqued so much... amazing.

Is there some kind of locking mechanesm keeping that mechanum-wheeled robot on? airbrakes?

-q

[Joe Ross]

It looks like the video shows a little bit of the lifting but not very much of the balancing act.

Newton Match 55: http://www.thebluealliance.net/tbatv...p?matchid=4036

[Athleticgirl389]

I shall answer all of your questions:

Yes, the metal does bend when the robot goes on. A simple fix? Most deffinately... Just push it back into place and we are ready for the next match

Aluminum is used for the ramps... kinda like gate aluminum as well as lexan. There are clips at the top of the red [where the 102 is located] that will support the ramps when they come back down... yes high in the air... 18 inches to be exact.

The only thing keeping the mecanum wheels of 1649 from coming off are the aluminum gating we put on. The gating keeps all robots from slipping off. The lexan is ther for the tracktion in case it is needed.

Our engineers are AMAZING when it comes to knowing what we can lift and what we can balance. We have lifted a 120lb robot before just on that one side... including bumpers and battery it was about 135lb and no, it did NOT tip over... we have yet to tip ours =] We can lift 300 pounds with the torque and the cable.

And thanks for posting that video =] We also double lifted in our first match on Saturday =]


If yall have any further questions about the ramps, please ask

[Ben Martin]

Wow, that's balanced really well... I never saw a match end like that at any of the regionals I went to. Great job, guys.