Does anybody think that a hook intake can score without a clamp?
if you want a good scring intake you need a good mogo manipulation mech that allows you to take secure possesion of the goal.
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I’ve seen it but you shouldn’t do it, the clamp is more so you can take the mobile goal with you as you drive around the field. Clamp isn’t super hard to build either there is easy ways with both pistons and motors
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Agreed. It is possible, but will be very inconsistent.
Mogo clamps allow you to secure a mobile goal in a fixed position, which makes your intake very consistent.
However, without a clamp, you must align perfectly with a mobile goal to score on it (hooks are very finky - if you plan on going without a mogo clamps, I would use a hood intake, or even better a dunk intake).
Our school has both a club and a class for robotics. In the class for freshman it’s not a team or competitive thing. We give students VEX EXP kits and a modified version of the game to make it easier. We had quite a few bots that could score on the mogos with no clamp. While most bots didn’t have any scoring because we made mogos have pints for being in the corner the few that did did score were the best. The thing I noticed is was if I was in that i could easily just take the goal from them. Realistically if you want to be reliable and not have your goal stolen from the other teams I would build a mogo clamp. Its not a particularly hard or time intensive build and will be very important.
I would highly reccomend using a clamp. Even if it means going down to a 4 motor drive, effective mogo manipulation can in some cases be more valuable than scoring rings.
Our team don’t have the official MOGO so we don’t have the ledge on the MOGO where most teams clamp on,
If your team has a 3-d printer you could do this
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Should I CAD a clamp? If it looks like it can clamp the official MOGO in the CAD then will it work without testing?
In theory, if you have your understanding of mobile goal pick up sufficiently developed. There are some good tutorials online to help you should you wish to go this path.
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It’s just that our team is having a time problem and we probably have to 3D print a MOGO.
you should cad but it will need to be changed/tuned to get the right angle for your intake
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