The new season is here, In The Zone! Can’t wait to start designing, building, and programming a robot. While I wait, I’ve been going through some designs, strategies, and programs for a possible robot. Although I now have designs for a lift and intake, I’m a little stuck on a design for the base. What I’m mainly stuck on is the size of the base. I originally thought a 15" by 15" base would be perfect, but then I had a shocking discovery: The maximum diameter of one mobile goal is 10" (How did I miss this part in the rules?)! So now I’m trying to find new dimensions for a base. I definitely want the base to be at most 17" by 17" because what if I need pieces or components to stick out (I don’t want to be bigger than the parameters!)? But now, I guess the smallest I could go is 16" by 16", seeing that the mobile goal can’t fit in my 15" by 15" design. Which size should I use? 17"by 17" or 16" by 16"? What sizes are you guys using? Thank you in advance.
You can extend passed the 18x18x18 limit once the game starts. Then you can extend vertically as much as you want but horizontally within a 35" diameter
I understand you can make parts of your robot extend out at the beginning of the match. It’s just that the only thing I might make extend out is the anti-tip. It’s just that I and the parameters have a history. Being in VEX for 2 years has taught me that 17.5" by 17.5" gives you little space to let little things like screws and axles stick out. My team has always had a problem with the parameters, even though we would have a lot of space for other components (like lift or intake). That’s why I say for me 17" by 17" is the max. Maybe it was like that because we designed the robot badly, maybe something else. But I guess I could go with the 16" by 16" because if I think it’s too small, I can always make it bigger.