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Q: What do we need most for MAR Champs and FRC Champs?

A: We need RCs from the step!

RC Pirate

  • Grab RCs without moving (driving) (then afterwards, drive like the Dickens!)
  • Grab RCs with stored energy (no activation except for release)
  • Must retract afterwards
  • 2 RCs
  • Never over 78" tall (ever, ever)
  • 5.0 lb max
  • Finish & test by MAR Champs
  • Mighty Mouse fast (and faster!!)

We need to stack faster

  • We are losing time when the tote lands on end.
  • Process change proposed:
  • Drop the first tote on the floor before the robot gets to the HP station (it is expected to land on end a significant fraction of the time).
  • Approach HP station with the robot with the lift in the #2 position. Knock over the tote (if on end) and align.
  • The build the stack as we do now.
  • Auto alignment (2 or 4 sonars)
  • Lift speed increase
  • Gear ratio change
  • Programmatic speed increase
  • For the last stack, do not go to transport. Go to #2 and close arms to transport with the bottom tote on the floor.

Notes:

  1. Fix the scoring platform potholes
  2. Look at competition video to determine probability of landing on the tote ends.

Important autonomous modes

  1. RC Pirate (Yo-Ho!) - #1 priority, but this needs mechanics first
  2. Push RC can over (we do this now)
  3. Plain vanilla
  4. 3-tate stack with RC avoidance - work on this first

Notes:

  1. Need to finish auto-leveling
  2. Auto aligning w/ sonar