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We did a little improvising at our last competition (VexDB | Ridgedale High School Ohio State Qualifier) since our base was very slow (weight distribution issues led to temporary change to slower speed).
It might be quicker to do this in some circumstances. Just throwing this out there…
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front dumping back dumpers OP
How effective do you think this would be? I’m actually about halfway done with one right now, with a transmission that switches between them. Any predictions on how well it will work?
Why would you need a transmission? Just get your geometry right and get anti-tips and you should be fine.
It definitely helps to be able to front dump along with back dumping. Nice job.
Decent in game matches. Not the best option for skills. By the end of the year, nearly half of Indiana’s state championship spots will come through skills. Two of my teams have front dumpers and they can’t reach the skills scores that the backwards ones do. That being said, there are a few teams in Indiana who have impressed with frontwards dumper designs(1483A; They have won their last three tournaments).
Interesting. Too bad it doesn’t work with claws with prongs…
Wait. 1483a used to be that backwards dumper(not claw) bot right? Did they switch? Or am I thinking of another team?
Man I hate when people do that. Dumping forwards with a bot thats meant to dump backwards. Maybe it’s my ocd but man 
My team’s old robot did that in Autonomous way back in November-December. It only worked for cubes and not even that well, though. We only even did it in auton. We ditched the idea for better far zone back dumping.
I knew I saw this somewhere on YouTube before. When I saw a robot do it in auton, I was like I knew I wasn’t crazy for thinking about doing that.
Indeed. This design is great, because you can dump forwards AND backwards, while most robots can only do one or the other. Our alliance partner in our league finals had a bot like this, and it destroyed everybody there by a landslide, even teams that had put together dumpers and clawbots.
One of the 1483 teams has a frontwards claw that can hold two cubes.
1483A was the back dumber with forks, 1483B is the front dumper with claws. B is much better in matches, but it is junk for skills scores. Both have qualified for State and Nationals with the same builder, programmer, driver, and coach. We are planning to bring the second design as A, as the original is in disrepair at the moment. If we are able to dedicate the resources to getting A up and running again, then we hope to bring both to state, however we only have one driver who is able to drive it well.
Also, to make identification easier (because our organization is a mess) the back dumper was built as A but is will be considered B from now on. It is called Atlas. The front dumber which was built as C and has competed exclusively as B will take the A designation. It is called Prometheus. We also have the original B team robot, which was an expanding conveyor, which has been scrapped for parts. It was called Sisyphus (it tended to get stars nearly to the top, only to have them roll all the way back down). We also now have a C team which is a high power push bot. It is not a competitive robot, just a for fun thing.