My team has proposed of putting a rail tube of the intake for the coral to move it left or right for each of the reefs, what do you guys think about that?
What problems would that have?
Could you elaborate a little more as to what that is? Do you mean like moving the coral in the robot so you can drive to one side of the reef and score both reef posts without moving the drivetrain?
Yup, it is exactly as you described it.
I would like to get some feedback about that idea.
First thing that comes to mind is extra weight, it might make you tippier. It’s also extra complexity as there is another system to figure out and code. I wouldn’t say it’s not worth it but if you are running a swerve drive it would be better to just move the robot left and right instead imo.
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However, if you’re NOT running a swerve drive, this could be extremely useful!
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This is not how you design for tank
987 did this in 2019. https://youtu.be/mTxVVstCQFo?si=QuA5b-ijiDal3LCT&t=69
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Back up a bit and turn. Or build it quick enough that your drivers get practice lining up consistently. Both probably better uses of time than designing a subsystem for alignment.
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Oh this is gonna be useful, thanks!
In the case of our team we would be runnning swerve, so in your perspective you think that extra alignment mechanism isnt worth it?
I personally would not find it worth it no.
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Based This sounds a lot like 987’s robot in 2019, which had an end effector which could ride horizontally across a short track, about 6” long if memory serves me correctly. I suspect the TBA picture is from an earlier iteration as it doesn’t look like it has the side to side mechanism pictured.
lol oops I should’ve read the entire thread, you beat me to it. Edit to add, the video shows the mechanism really nicely, I thought it was quite clever when I saw it in person.
No. It’s completely redundant and a waste of complexity. Your drivetrain can move any direction while facing any direction, use it to your advantage.
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