Now that most people now what type of robot they are doing, what can your robot do?
Theres nothing in the rulebook limiting what you can have, so im assuming that this allows you to completely sweep the field of rings once the match starts. id suggest primarily focusing on mogo first but have a competent ringscorer so u can get tie-braking points
“water game”
20 charachters
they are pringles that have transended
Why no X-drive though?
I plan on specifically platform climbing X-drive.
While carrying neutral mobile goals, of course.
If you make an x drive than can climb up on the platform, I will be very impressed. Good luck!
Shifting x drive with unlimited pneumatics anyone?
There were x-drive that climbed up the platform in TP.
So it is possible.
What makes you think x-drives will be unable to climb the platform? As meng said, x-drives could climb platforms in TuP, which seems like a harder challenge if anything. It seems like it would have plenty of traction. I guess torque could be an issue…but what else?
might get stuck with only 2 wheels on platform and not be able to move up…
I see no reason an x drive would have a particularly difficult time climbing the platform. it requires no ground clearance, only a decent amount of traction and torque. which if built properly, and x drive should have.
A possible misconception here is that the bots need to climb up the height of the pole to begin the climb, In this case, though the polycarb reaches to the ground providing a consistent ramp right to the ground. As Meng stated they could climb up the height of the piping of turning points parking platform so climbing a slight incline should be a breeze.
Here is a video of a nbn robot with an x-drive climbing a ramp. It takes a bit, and the angle is smaller than the tipping point ones are, but it works.
That rap was also no slip instead of plexi. Much easier to climb.
No, it shouldn’t make much of a difference. Omni wheels have enough traction for that.
But if anything, an x-drive would be better than a standard tank drive, because Omnis have more traction than normal wheels
(Granted most teams use omnis on tank drives anyway so this is kind of moot)
If you have an extra motor to use a brake would not be a bad idea tbh.
So anyone who was thinking of jamming a mogo or ring under the platform, looks like you won’t be able to do that now if I interpret this correctly.
yup totally a thing with our HS teams to do. Q&A revealed this to be an issue.
Keep up the clever analysis! Totally enjoying it!
Well, with the new manual update it looks like it’s legal until the endgame period (last 30 seconds of the match). So until then, it’s totally legal to do so. Still waiting on the response for this QNA, although with the new manual update I bet it’ll be answered soon.