This is my most requested video yet! Robot explanation of Patriot Mk 8. I will also be making a series of Vex IQ tutorials over the summer, so look out! #vexiq #robotics #robotreveal #vexrobotics
Thanks for the explanations. Very useful. But just as an FYI. Using broken rubber bands is considered modification and is against the rules. So to make your purple wheel stay within legal standards, you would need to weave unbroken elastic bands. Cutting elastic bands to weave would be against the rules. The only piece that can be modified through cutting is metal axles. Other than that your robot uses some pretty creative solutions. Great job.
We actually clarified this with the inspectors. Because a rubber band has no definition as a "part" (for example if it was frayed but still intact it is still legal) any parts that have wear and tear are still legal, such as a beam which had a drivetrain with slightly less circular holes. The rubber bands are technically just "very frayed" and not broken. It is an exploit in the rules, but it was validated by the head inspector.
So to clarify, the rubber band is still a full ring or circular shape and not cut into a single strand or into a rubber string. Wear and tear should be fine, but I don't think the rubberband can be deliberately cut to form a string instead of holding its ring shape. It the rubberband is still a ring shape, then it is still legal. Again, great robot.
cool. This robot has so many innovations. Not only the motor sharing. The blue and purple are unique as well. Are you doing VRC or IQ next year. Also, I still don't really understand how the motor sharer works. If their is a ratchet it should just not spin the other way. Also, how are the two sides of your motor sharer spinning in different directions if they are on the same shaft!
Many cool questions! And thank you for your support. Answer #1: VRC Answer #2: Im planning to make a tutorial for it in a couple of months ANswer #3: They are not actually on the same shaft, if you look closeley, and the ratchet works because the shaft does not go all the way through it.
Wow! A bunch of teams are going to vrc next year. Also, how many shafts do you use, and if the shafts aren't connected, how does spinning one side make the other side spin, they should just spin independently. Do you use a differential?
@@Nameless65656Z i did my last driver run of the season Monday and got 265 w 13 second stop time.😥 and all it took was putting a pin on the shooter. Before we average 220 on home frilds because 5 disks would fall out the bottom of our robot a match and our purple was slow so we had to make it up with inacurate shooting
