How Fast is your Robot?

[IntensifiedAmp]

Originally Posted by Sunshine

A sincere questions for the speedsters.

Do you think that it will be possible for you to go full speed when there are 5 other robots on the field along with 6 balls? How often do you think you will be able to go that speed?

As a I side note, how fast can you make the turns?

I guess it comes down to one underlying question that we all will find out at the first competition. How fast can we all go and still maneuver in a safe fashion without ramming other robots? As we all know, light taps are okay

We'll probably reach it few times. Heck, we did it because of our resources. Fun, no? ; ) Our budget was kept short and low, and for reasons we have and will not share.

We would concentrate on a good balance between acceleration and top speed. Again, we'll find out.

We've made our robot extremely small, light, and fast. So we'll see. And to our turns, let's just say we're very satisfied . Let's just say we're a tertiary, if you know what I mean.

I just hope we can have a break away just for the heck of it.

...And you mean 4 balls, not 6.

[lukevanoort]

Originally Posted by Sunshine

Do you think that it will be possible for you to go full speed when there are 5 other robots on the field along with 6 balls? How often do you think you will be able to go that speed?

That's what low gear is for .

Originally Posted by Sunshine

As a I side note, how fast can you make the turns?

Pretty fast. If we hit the turn at full speed, we can drift around it and carry most of our speed through it. Unfortunately, it is kind of hard to reliably do the drift... slow down too soon and you hit the divider, too late and you overshoot. Just right, however, and it is a really fast way to advance around the field.

[rohit]

Our max is about 36fps or 25mph

[Jeff K.]

Ours is about 16 fps

[Richard McClellan]

We've got three speeds for the first time this year. 5, 15, and 20 fps

[cziggy343]

i think ours tops out at 14fps, which is plenty fast

[Qbranch]

We have AM Supershifters with our more robust encoders (which you've all seen) which generates a top speed (with the robot and everything on top) of 16ft/sec. I don't have exact specs, but thanks to our auto shifter (based on motor rpm) it accelerates pretty gosh darn quick.

Our robot has all of it's heavy stuff mounted on the left side, so we can take a four foot radius (left) turn at about 10ft/sec.

-q

[kevin.li.rit]

Originally Posted by squirrel

That will be quite crowded...but those extra two balls probably won't actually be on the field

If the balls get in the way, we'll just put them back on the rack!

[IntensifiedAmp]

Originally Posted by rohit

Our max is about 36fps or 25mph

Is that a one speed? Also, how long would that take to reach top speed... ? Im assuming quite a while. Then again, your robot could be crazy light.

[EOC]

In a straight line: about 26 fps.
Circling the playing field (unhindred by other robots) about 15 fps.

[wedellm]

Team 1158's GOV 6 is running in about 35fps.

[AdamHeard]

Originally Posted by wedellm

Team 1158's GOV 6 is running in about 35fps.

Whoa.... Finding that hard to believe it can even accelerate to that within the field.

What motors are driving? How much does it weigh?





Also, 973/294 are both at 6.7/17.

[wedellm]

4 motors, omni wheels, and 70lbs.

[DarkFlame145]

13fps but we may ramp it up after we get a few practice matches

[ALIBI]

On paper we are at 18fps. Roughly 110lb. robot with bumpers and the battery added on top of the 110lbs. On an open field we can turn 5-6 second laps consistantly.