We've noticed that an instantaneous contact (against a backboard) is sufficient for power, but inaccurate. Longer contact allows for greater accuracy. The speed of the wheel allowed for power adjustment to shoot from different distance from the boiler. Above a certain threshold, the speed has no impact on accuracy, just power. If the when is spinning too slowly, we begin to sacrifice accuracy.This will vary from team to team based on the design and will need to be fine tuned in the testing stages.
It does still catch them but not reliably. The bumper offset was not a big issue, if the holder is low enough for the gear to drop into. Given more time, we would've ideally like to have a better structured funnel to increase the reliability of catching gears.
You can pick up gears off the floor, but your robot can only "handle/control" one gear at a time. We'd encourage you to read the rule manual regarding the definition of "control"
In its current design - no, though it comes close. (See 4:15 - the height of the wood is where the davit would be). As mentioned, the climb mechanism should be designed to lift the robot in a symmetrical manner (whether its vertically up, or from the front). With more time, we would've remounted the climber to be at the center of gravity to have a better lift.
Is the rope allowed to be knotted at the bottom?
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With your flywheel, what was the optimal amount of contact necessary, and is speed more important?
We've noticed that an instantaneous contact (against a backboard) is sufficient for power, but inaccurate. Longer contact allows for greater accuracy. The speed of the wheel allowed for power adjustment to shoot from different distance from the boiler. Above a certain threshold, the speed has no impact on accuracy, just power. If the when is spinning too slowly, we begin to sacrifice accuracy.This will vary from team to team based on the design and will need to be fine tuned in the testing stages.
Does your gear "bucket" still reliably catch gears from the loading station if you account for the frame offset due to bumpers?
It does still catch them but not reliably. The bumper offset was not a big issue, if the holder is low enough for the gear to drop into. Given more time, we would've ideally like to have a better structured funnel to increase the reliability of catching gears.
Is there a gear limit on how many you can have at a time? I know you can only pre load 1 but after that can you just keep pick them up?
You can pick up gears off the floor, but your robot can only "handle/control" one gear at a time. We'd encourage you to read the rule manual regarding the definition of "control"
Tesla Group Thanks, yes i read the chapter "robot rules" i think it called and it only mentioned how many you can preload! Thanks for the info
why has it been more than 3 days?
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Does the climber even hit the davit?
In its current design - no, though it comes close. (See 4:15 - the height of the wood is where the davit would be). As mentioned, the climb mechanism should be designed to lift the robot in a symmetrical manner (whether its vertically up, or from the front). With more time, we would've remounted the climber to be at the center of gravity to have a better lift.
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