It was great getting to compete against you guys in the math division (96504C). Your robot is incredibly well designed. You definitely deserved to get to the thunder dome
Great bot! Now that the seasons over, would you consider releasing the CAD of this bot (if you have one), maybe to the Purdue Sigbots Wiki Hall of Fame? I think this could be a really good bot for new teams to study. Anyway, thx for the explanation.
we don't actually have a full CAD of the bot😅our build process is somewhat a combo of CAD and trial&error. But that's what this explanation is for (hopefully it helps)!
Thanks! Yes, we did use some force simulation - the key to "automatic locking" is making sure that the resultant diagonal force between the gear and the rack lies below the 12T pinion's center of rotation :)
