Does anyone have a good material that they have used on their doinker that does not bend easily? It is very difficult to find the right material that is light and effective.
steel plate?
and what is DOINKER - I checked encyclopedia of mechanisms and it returns nothing .
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I just used 2 wide c-channel, it bent a bit but that was just because the joint its on isn’t great, halfcut is also doable.
Our team uses a c channel arm with a polycarbonate “shield” to move two rings. Basically plastic will probably work.
Stick, usually with some kind of paddle on the end. Usually pneumatic powered/deployed. Usually on the front of the bot.
In High Stakes, it’s generally used to push around rings (and sometimes to grab the mobile goal on the middle line in the beginning of auton). It’s kind of like a hand, except a lot simpler.
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Building off, doinker is like vex lingo, not used anywhere else.
Most teams also use doinkers to clear the corners for them to place goals into
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Which is probably ok for VEXforum, but in Judged Awards context it is problematic.
Problem is that the judges are likely not well versed in VEX jargon and that does impact a team’s ability to clearly communicate their design and thus put them at a disadvantage when notebooks are judged.
and this would be a terrific start to a definition of “doinker” to use in notebooks.
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