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Team 291's competition robot is very near done! With just a few tweaks and things to add. We are super excited to have a working robot on time this year! We decided to specialize this year, and focus on being really fast at gears and climbing. So far it seems to have been a good choice for us! During our driver tryouts, this robot got 7 gears in 2 minutes. This was on an open field with the chute about 10 feet closer to the peg than it will actually be, but with lots of driver practice we are going to shoot for 15 second cycles on a properly sized field.
Features:
-Our Active Gear mechanism leaves the gear on the peg very consistently and quickly.
-Loads the gear from the front from the chute.
-Climbs the rope in 3.5 seconds.
-Dual Speed drive train 18.5 fps high gear, 5 fps low gear
See you at Pittsburgh and Buckeye! And let me know what you think!
08-02-2017 22:20
Classified*Here is a video of our robot climbing the rope last Saturday.
08-02-2017 22:31
PayneTrain|
During our driver tryouts, this robot got 7 gears in 2 minutes. This was on an open field with the chute about 10 feet closer to the peg than it will actually be
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08-02-2017 22:34
Classified*|
i mean, im not a cop and cant tell you waht to do but usually people try to make drilling the drivers harder than the game, not easier
anyone want to report back on this? |
08-02-2017 22:50
JesseKIn the linked video, it was 9 seconds from motor activation to the touchpad activation. As you guys tune your climber and go into your matches, make sure you account for this! It is precious time taken off of your gear cycles. As a gear specialist ourselves, the whole act of climbing is something we found to be very important. You may be able to improve the time with just a knot at the right height.
It looks really good!
08-02-2017 22:53
Classified*|
In the linked video, it was 9 seconds from motor activation to the touchpad activation. As you guys tune your climber and go into your matches, make sure you account for this! It is precious time taken off of your gear cycles. As a gear specialist ourselves, the whole act of climbing is something we found to be very important. You may be able to improve the time with just a knot at the right height.
It looks really good! |
We will have the knot higher and just drive right into it in a match
08-02-2017 22:56
D_PriceI agree completely with Jesse you may be better off with a monkey fist knot as soon as you spin onto the knot it should hook.
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In the linked video, it was 9 seconds from motor activation to the touchpad activation. As you guys tune your climber and go into your matches, make sure you account for this! It is precious time taken off of your gear cycles. As a gear specialist ourselves, the whole act of climbing is something we found to be very important. You may be able to improve the time with just a knot at the right height.
It looks really good! |
08-02-2017 23:01
Classified*|
I agree completely with Jesse you may be better off with a monkey fist knot as soon as you spin onto the knot it should hook.
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08-02-2017 23:19
NShep98What kind of rope have you settled on? Have you checked to make sure you can activate the touchpad before hitting the davit channel? From where I can see it could go either way.
08-02-2017 23:27
Classified*|
What kind of rope have you settled on? Have you checked to make sure you can activate the touchpad before hitting the davit channel? From where I can see it could go either way.
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08-02-2017 23:40
D_PriceApologies then I am colorblind I may have missed the knot. See you in week 3!
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We were using a monkey fist knot in the video, but have since changed it to a different, flatter knot that works just as well with our climber. I call it the triangle knot. It is flatter, because we had a problem with the rope wrapping around the ~1" monkey knot and stalling the winch because the effective diameter became too big. The new knot fixed this perfectly though.
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09-02-2017 00:24
Classified*Our practice robot is also coming along nicely! We plan on having the gear scorer on it, but not the winch as there is plenty of time for climb testing before bag day.
09-02-2017 13:50
rocketgamer102Hello, I am with team 2544, your lovely neighbor from Harborcreek. I am wondering about the gear shoot. Is it a pilot pull up or a drop off? 
09-02-2017 14:08
messer5740|
Hello, I am with team 2544, your lovely neighbor from Harborcreek. I am wondering about the gear shoot. Is it a pilot pull up or a drop off?
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09-02-2017 14:47
Classified*|
Hello, I am with team 2544, your lovely neighbor from Harborcreek. I am wondering about the gear shoot. Is it a pilot pull up or a drop off?
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09-02-2017 17:05
jodocsinghOur team was having a difficult time determining how to attach our bumpers and I really liked your usage of wingnuts. How quickly would you estimate you are able to remove and replace your bumpers currently?
09-02-2017 17:19
Classified*|
Our team was having a difficult time determining how to attach our bumpers and I really liked your usage of wingnuts. How quickly would you estimate you are able to remove and replace your bumpers currently?
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09-02-2017 17:27
waialua359|
We were using a monkey fist knot in the video, but have since changed it to a different, flatter knot that works just as well with our climber. I call it the triangle knot. It is flatter, because we had a problem with the rope wrapping around the ~1" monkey knot and stalling the winch because the effective diameter became too big. The new knot fixed this perfectly though.
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