People got their hands on some disks from worlds, and they said that they were pretty stiff, and felt more like rubber than foam.
why x-drive? just curious
I think it would be easier to adjust your shots if you had a mecanum or x-drive.
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You know, I suspect you might be right. The roller mount looks like it will spin freely upward with pressure from the field side (hence Spin Up?) but tend to jam if you try to pull back on it with weight still applied. One possibiliy here is that a sprung bar at an angle will achieve what you want. Youâd still have to watch the orientation of the roller, or install a colour or vision sensor. Or maybe even a line follower group? This may be where a colour filter is useful to create light and dark. Much speculation, very geometry, learn CAD. Iâve added a copy of the roller pushed down to close the 0.75mm gap in the mount. It suspect it should be possible to estimate the geometry and weighting of the bar that would work from the model and probably not be wildly inaccurate.
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I didnât want to make a new topic about this, but I have a question about the expansion at the end. Would zipties count as âcontactâ to the tiles? or would we need to use something like standoffs with a screw on the end? I couldnât find this in the game manual, but if you did, please point me to it.
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In many cases, the answer may just be in a different place than you first thought - or, if there is no rule explicitly prohibiting something, then that usually means it is legal!
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A field tile is considered Covered if it is being contacted by a Robot at the end of a Match.
Is a ziptie a part of your robot?
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As you read the game manual, remember it tells you what you must do and what you are prohibited from doing. There is no possible way the manual could tell you all of the things you might do, nor does the manual ever discuss game strategy. If youâre looking for a statement that you can touch the game tiles with a zip tie to score, youâre not going to find it.
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Yes, my robot is held together by zipties. Whose isnât?
Seriously though, the only ones that we didnât put there are inspection zipties.
So if a zip tie is a part of your robot touching a tile, naturally it counts as contacting. Why is that even a question?
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I have a simple lightweight idea for the competition, it would be for the expansion rule. I may go into more depth if it works, but long story short, it involves a pneumatic system. (Also the zip-tie thing sounds pretty cool if you could find a way to work it out)
Iâve heard of w3schools and Iâve used it to learn html, very great! Also I was the programmer of my team during tipping point so I know something things. But mostly just how to move and turn(I watched a tutorial). Thanks for advice
THanks but Iâm wanting to learn VexCode Pro mostly as I am most familiar with that
What are your guysâ ideas for the high goal
Flywheel (20 characters)
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Iâll be surprised if I see people not using a flywheel⌠that probably means something.
A single fly wheel launcher, but i have been wondering about a six-bar arm with a claw that could create and move stacks of disks
Probably not worth it with a 3 disc possession limitâŚ
true, the only bonus would be it is more reliable and easier to aim then a flywheel. mabye it will be a MS meta
How would a six bar work? You canât expand horizontally at all until the last 10 seconds.