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Re: Whos doing what to what before the next event......
We were quite pleased with Eruption's performance for a first event, although we have found a few teething issues that need to be sorted:
Adding a skid - During the Saturday shows, it tipped back while driving making it practically impossible to get under anything. For the Sunday shows we managed to create a temporary skid, which made it work a lot better. This however is not a temporary solution, and we need to make a hardox skid of the same style before the next event.
Re-routing the bungee cords - The bungee cords which we used to pull down the flipper were fastened towards the front of the robot, which we believed to be not a problem. After testing though, we realised that they did not pull down the flipper arm with sufficient force and leaving it not fully closed. We are going to re-route them so that they pull the flipper arm straight downwards, which we believe to be a better method.
Anti-balance device - We discovered during the Worthing event that the robot balanced perfectly on it's lower back panel. This is obviously a major problem as it leaves the robot stranded (and in worse cases immobilized). We need to find a way to stop it from resting there. We a currently un-decided on how to do this, although we are thinking of using ballast in the front end of the robot to tip it down, as we have approximately 10kg to spare.
We were quite pleased with Eruption's performance for a first event, although we have found a few teething issues that need to be sorted:
Adding a skid - During the Saturday shows, it tipped back while driving making it practically impossible to get under anything. For the Sunday shows we managed to create a temporary skid, which made it work a lot better. This however is not a temporary solution, and we need to make a hardox skid of the same style before the next event.
Re-routing the bungee cords - The bungee cords which we used to pull down the flipper were fastened towards the front of the robot, which we believed to be not a problem. After testing though, we realised that they did not pull down the flipper arm with sufficient force and leaving it not fully closed. We are going to re-route them so that they pull the flipper arm straight downwards, which we believe to be a better method.
Anti-balance device - We discovered during the Worthing event that the robot balanced perfectly on it's lower back panel. This is obviously a major problem as it leaves the robot stranded (and in worse cases immobilized). We need to find a way to stop it from resting there. We a currently un-decided on how to do this, although we are thinking of using ballast in the front end of the robot to tip it down, as we have approximately 10kg to spare.
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