@@tylercooper5613 9:48 . The meshed bottoms plus the weight make it extremely difficult to slide. While u might get some play with impact, sliding it will probs just stall your base.
WOAH WOAH WOAH Are you trying to steal my teams thunder with the documentaries??? (1356Boomer) I know we haven't posted in a while but our state competition is tomorrow and we've been busy :(
@@soulrray5829 you have always been allowed to use pneumatics they just aren't very common they also are not good in V5 because one air canister takes 2 motors and that's the same as it was on legacy that had a 12 motor cap
@@savaramin4434 Correct. There are only 8 motors on the entire robot. 4 of them are on the X drive half, and 4 of them are on the tank drive half. The 4 motors on the tank drive half are arranged so that if two of the motors spin while the other two hold in place, a separate arm will move forwards and backwards. This is what activates the "cube hoarder" arm shown in the video. Thus, with only 8 physical motors, we achieve two 4m bases and a 2m arm
See www.robotevents.com/VRC/2019-2020/QA/348 Basically, it's not as cut-and-dry as that. A v2 tether built per our recommendations in the document linked in the description is very likely to stay on the right side of the three conditions the GDC outlined in their response.
The robot is legal and only has 8 physical motors. The robot uses a 2m differential that allows 2 of the 4 base motors on the tank drive tetherbot to also function as an arm. Thus, we have 2m arm and 4m base using 4m total.
Haha, isn't that the truth! We uhh were hoping to do a more detailed and clean look at the robot in a standalone documentary but that hasn't materialized yet. If you have specific questions just post them and somebody can answer them with focused pics etc. :)
See www.robotevents.com/VRC/2019-2020/QA/348 for more official info on this. In any case, you might legally be able to attempt to cut/pull the cords, but the cords are reinforced enough that it's probably really hard for an otherwise-legal robot to do it.
Yep, nothing materially changed on the wallbot side, so this robot is still legal :0 Bonus: one of the Q&As went even more lax on string than we expected, which is a huge pro. Still recommend you make the change from string to lexan tether as specified in the FAQ doc, along with the other improvements. www.robotevents.com/VRC/2019-2020/QA/348
Wire cover is legal as-is, and surprisingly official Q&A suggests the rope is legal as-is too: www.robotevents.com/VRC/2019-2020/QA/348 Regardless, I recommend you make all of the improvements listed in the FAQ document above before competing with this robot, including swapping the rope tether for a lexan-based tether.
I think we saw a similar design compete in NorCal recently, it wasn't as effective as it could've been but it was funny to watch the ref nervously start flipping through rules in the video I was sent.
No, there is a rope tether connected to each wall, which satisfies the condition imposed by <G5>. Because the walls are always attached by rope, we never technically detach the walls.
I am impressed and scared at the same time... This *shouldn't* be legal... But I think it is. Assuming that the string means the parts are still attached.
We've addressed this point in greater detail in the linked FAQ document under the description. The short answer is "not yet, but a V2 could." You'll notice that the differential tank drive bot has a sorta useless, floppy arm linkage that we demo hoarding cubes in the reveal. The original intent of this was to actually attach a primitive 4 cube lift, tower scorer, or other offensive capability. Alas, time constraints. This is a big area where we encourage teams to improve on our wallbot design and make it an even more formidable opponent.
We get this question often enough that we have compiled explanations of how and why it's legal, as well as acknowledgements of the parts that perhaps need reworking to more clearly fall in line with the rules. Check out the links in the description of the video.
<G5> Keep your Robots together. Robots may not intentionally detach parts during the Match or leave mechanisms on the field. The first thing I thought when I saw this is you can’t detach parts. That is illegal.
Others have already covered it but adding a more detailed response in case any future viewers have the same concern. By definition, 1/8" braided nylon rope is a legal structural material in unlimited quantity for use on a VRC robot. Because all parts of the robot are connected by rope, the robot never really detaches. Instead, it's more like keeping a 25 foot leash on the wall. Since the robot never detaches, the robot does not break G5.
As potential counter play, would you be able to just pick up the the sections and like yeet them out the field? Cause there isnt there a rule or something that doesn’t protect you from something if you play only defensively? Don’t quote me This is such a grey area omg
The answer to this question is sort of like when you raise your hand and say "Can I go to the bathroom?" only for the teacher to reply "*May* I go to the bathroom?". You may manhandle the walls all you like, in that the rules manual gives you a reasonably large amount of freedom when it comes to "attacking" a defensive robot. However, you likely can't move the walls at all, in the sense that you will be physically unable to do so. I recommend that you construct a quick model consisting of mesh zipties to a 5 wide c channel, placed facedown on the tile with a 10 or 5lb weight on top, representing the large or small wall, respectively. Most interactions with this model will closely parallel those with the real wall.
@@carterbarnard9704 The key date is August 16th - in approximately 4 days, there is a scheduled update to the official Tower Takeover manual. If the GDC is going to make a move against wallbots, that will be the time to do it. Either we will see the introduction of an "anti-WALL-E" rule, or WALL-E will remain legal for the season :)
