A few days ago, the student lead of our “Speed Racer / Mach 6” effort posted a pic of our prototype speed racer along with some robot statistics that generated a call for video. (Particularly of interest was the mention of 20fps and 6-second laps.) So, yesterday we invested some extra time in not only videotaping the robot, but also in taking an “in-car-cam” view, too.
PS: Oh, and yes we know we’re not yet done! Still need to add bumpers, a flag pole, and a lid to prevent getting squashed by trackballs or other robots.
PPS: We also realize that there’s no way we’ll be doing six second laps on a field full of robots!
I didn’t have any trouble downloading the video and playing it, but then I have my computer set up to mostly not have plugins in the browser.
Neat robot, looks like you’ll have fun at the competitions! what are you using for control? we went with a modified R/C car controller and it seems to really help the driver control the robot, especially the transition from the turns to the straight-away
We are using 2 CIMs. On each of them is a BaneBots 9:1 gearbox
Each CIM/gearbox assembly drives a very short chain run to our 200mm (7.8in) diameter tires.
I feel like this robot is going to be extremely successful. 20 Laps is 40 pts lol, thats if you can make that many with bots on the field, but still 15 laps is 30pts. Keep in mind the winning scores from the Shake down scored 44 and 50 points as an alliance. 'Nuf Said.
Are you concerned about maneuverability? Your robot is extremely fast, but it seems like it’s quite squirrelly/hard to control as it exits the turn around the lane divider.
Seems like it might make avoiding other robots somewhat difficult, though I’m sure practice will greatly help, with a robot that fast.
I like the car steering, but how fast can it go backwards if it runs into something? the car steering doesn’t help the turning radius according to my beliefs.
). Are you able to save the mov file to your computer?
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