Team 1261

Hi all,

Persons who drove the robot today, do we think we need a button to drive over the bump? Kind of like "hey - lets go over the bump safely with out killing us or the robots around us" button.

Dad suggested having it or just like a mode to control how fast we go over the bump.

It kind reminds me of last year as then we were impeded by the slick surface, just this year its traveling in three dimensions.

So, ideas:
Bump Button:
One button press to drive over the bump.

I think this is a good idea, but doesn't provide enough user control.

Bump Speed Control
Using the accelerometer, whenever we're not level (i.e. going up a bump) the speed our robot can go is limited to how fast we can go up the bump safely. Bit more controlled as drivers still have full control, while having a sort of handicap to help them along. 'Course there would also be a disable button so you can drive it like you stole it.

Nothing
Eh, it doesn't matter. Drivers can do it by themselves.

Thoughts?

-Tannner

From my experience, a "when I hold this button, slow down" button would be great. Nothing automatic.

- Sunny

Sunny wrote:From my experience, a "when I hold this button, slow down" button would be great. Nothing automatic.

I can do that.

-Tanner

it would be nice to where the robot can slow down when u press a button and go over the hump..... which it may also be good if we think we are going to ram something

livedj1173 wrote:it would be nice to where the robot can slow down when u press a button and go over the hump..... which it may also be good if we think we are going to ram something

Ram something? *confused on how raming and slow go together*

-Tanner

meaning if we were about to run into a wall or goal we could hit the button and slow down....

livedj1173 wrote:meaning if we were about to run into a wall or goal we could hit the button and slow down....

Oh. True, but the drivers could also reverse the engines. 'Twould be much more efficient.

-Tanner

livedj1173 wrote:meaning if we were about to run into a wall or goal we could hit the button and slow down....

I have to agree with Tanner here that stopping/turning around would be more efficient and that's why we having drivers for that.

yes but it still will be a good thing to have just in case