Robotics - 838V

First team meeting at Eric's house

Topic: What robot to make? 

here are several options:

• 180 mech

pros: can use cactus, score lots of points, score on standoff goal, score in corner goals (sometimes)

cons: hard to drive, lots of tuning, very complex mechanisms, needs pneumatics.

• Conveyer belt revolver

pros: very fast, relatively simple, efficient, can score corner goals

cons: really bulky, can't score with cactus or standoff goals

• Pin Pile

pros: fast and efficient, super super simple, can score corner and standoff goals.

cons: no cactus, a little slow at stacking.

team's choice: 180 mech

why: Because it can use cactus, standoff, corner, and can make a full cactus.

why not, maybe: when stacking normally, cannot stack very fast.

TODAY: Build the drivebase for the Robot.

specs:

3:2 drivebase

18 hole by 20 hole

motors angled to one side, not in middle

use 6 by 12 beam to add holes for later use