I’d rather use electrical solenoids too, but I don’t really deplore pneumatics. 
(I do love malapropisms though.
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Our Minibot, Ferdinand, only climbed about 5 feet on a pole in a vise, right at the end of our meeting, to the tune of “WRAP IT UP ! WE Gotta GET OUTTA HERE!!” (haven’t heard that one yet? quite a beat, but you can’t dance to it.)
Well… apparently my team has decided to not let me post the minibot deployment test videos to youtube, sorry.
Team 2200 has the climb down to 2.36 seconds (average for 3 runs), we got time time by recording video, and using a millisecond counter built into quicktime. I will post a video in the next few days.
edit: Just so everyone understands, we have calculated that in theory, a minibot weighing 4.5lbs can climb the pole in 2.25 seconds. under near perfect conditions using 2 of the tetrix motors. I am slighly amazed that we achieved such good results.
Sure you can!
ok then… let the uploading commence!!!
I have posted a video on my site of early deployment
do you have a link? I cant find the video on your team website or youtube channel.
Ok I’ve started to upload the videos but that will take forever and a half (3-4 Hours) because its about 3gb worth of videos.
Anyone know some of the team numbers that drove up the pole with 2 wheels last year? I know there were at least some in Atlanta, but I can’t remember the numbers
2056 and 78 are the two that come to mind.
Beat me to it… anyway i cant think of anymore and of course TBA is still down so i cant look for anymore.
So the videos are about 2/3 done uploading and I don’t want to post individual links because of the number of videos (~20 ish) so heres a link to my youtube channel:
http://www.youtube.com/user/klmx30302
To OP, sorry about this question since it could be answered by viewing your photo but my school internet access blocks the website. Is your minibot complete with the mechanisms necessary for attachment and stopping/starting autonomously or do you still have some things to add. I ask because we are in the middle time slot but we were faster, until we added polycarb wedges and surgical tubing to grip the pole.
All the videos are uploaded now.
The link on the first page of this thread
I am honored that my site has been blocked.
Did you add a httpS?
Anyway, we are using a NXT controller but it’s bricked, of course, so until it is fixed, we are manually testing
Add 359 to the group of 2 wheel climbers last year.
There is currently no clear majority for the minibot times, I’m really surprised to see the poll even out between each group.
Including deploy time,
639 is clocking 3.7 (rounded up from an average of 3.6) consistently.
here is a vid, it has some other stuff too. Like, you know, the rest of the robot.
Around :56 is the mini-bot run.
That is fast as hell! Nice work on the deployment!
Our two will be shown at Jersey. Yes, I said two.