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We came up with this idea for a ramp that funnels the robot onto a narrower ramp, but starts folded within dimensions. The hinge is a piece of lexan bent in a brake, so as to make it spring open.
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08-02-2007 10:39
Jeremiah Johnson
Re: pic: 1726 ramp idea
Looks pretty heavy... what's it made out of?
08-02-2007 11:00
MrForbes
Re: pic: 1726 ramp idea
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Originally Posted by Budda648
Looks pretty heavy... what's it made out of?
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08-02-2007 12:22
MrForbes
Re: pic: 1726 ramp idea
there would be one at the end of each of two narrow ramps, they would pop out to the side as the ramps deploy, so that the driver trying to get a robot on the ramp would have a wider target to drive onto, and the rest of the ramp could be relatively narrow and light.
08-02-2007 14:10
Fred Sayre
Re: pic: 1726 ramp idea
How much wheel base width variance are you accounting for? Would it work with robots that have the wheel base the long or short way in the starting footprint?
08-02-2007 14:52
MrForbes
Re: pic: 1726 ramp idea
From a poll GUI conducted a while back, we figured that about 3/4 of the robots would be able to get on our ramp if it could accomodate track widths from 24" to just under 28"
But since it's mostly an arm bot, that's acceptable....
08-02-2007 14:59
MrForbes
Re: pic: 1726 ramp idea
not tall enough! 
Plan is to make it 5' unless we have to go 4' for some unknown reason, but the change is very simple to make, no extra fabrication required.
08-02-2007 15:04
yodameister
Re: pic: 1726 ramp idea
That still remains to be determined. We have the option to be either 4' or 5'.
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