02-09-2005 11:10 PM

phrontist

Re: pic: team 73 teaser

Congrats! I think this is the first posted picture of a cap.

But Yikes! Aren't you afraid of that arm snapping?

02-09-2005 11:15 PM

BoyWithCape195

Re: pic: team 73 teaser

Aren't you also afraid of tipping, that arm goes pretty high on a large angle

02-09-2005 11:24 PM

Koko Ed

Re: pic: team 73 teaser

I think the threat of tipping is going to be very real for most robots this year.

02-09-2005 11:29 PM

russell

Re: pic: team 73 teaser

Nice. That isnt autonomous is it? I dont see the yellow triangle so unless you are using dead reckoning of some sort it must not be.

02-09-2005 11:57 PM

Tom McCurdy

Re: pic: team 73 teaser

Does it actually cap or did you just extend an arm to make it look like it capped it. It seems very hard to believe that arm could extend like that to cap with a tetra at that angle.

02-10-2005 12:09 AM

Greg Needel

Re: pic: team 73 teaser

OK i have to come clean about this photo...that is our arm but we did just put it there, not to deceive people but to give a size reference.

yes tipping is one of our concerns but we have a few tricks up our sleeves.

*note, you can not see the whole arm in this picture and we still have some modifications to do to it but that center goal should be well within our reach.

02-10-2005 12:32 AM

phrontist

Re: pic: team 73 teaser

Okay, here is my logic. Of the two types of tipping, tipping resultant of combat and tipping resultant of poor design, the former of the two cannot be an issue for everyone. My reasoning is that no one with tipping issues is going to try to tip someone else, so you only have to be better than the next guy.