hurdler or herder?

[Alan Anderson]

Originally Posted by Donut

Look at video from 2004 of robots that just try to herd using little sticks that poke off the robot and you'll see numerous robots riding up over the balls,...

I don't expect that to be a problem with the Overdrive trackballs.

[Donut]

Originally Posted by Alan Anderson

I don't expect that to be a problem with the Overdrive trackballs.

Maybe not riding over, but getting wedged on it may be an issue. If a robot DOES manage to drive all the way over a trackball, that's a match I want to watch.

[Dreadfrost]

Once again were going with the same base as last year and 2005. But weve come up with some controls that will hopefully make getting around those corners simple. My only problem is that ball. All my our new members say to use a forklift and use gravity to hurdle it but im not feeling that. Some of our experienced members believe we should use the claw from our 2004 robot Mammoth and then build a elevator mechanism.
Agree?