Aww-- Too bad my vex season's done for good. My town only has one high school vex team, and I'm not going to that high school. Good luck to all competitors next year~
Im in my first year of robotics, and im already so excited! Im ready to get buliding for the robot, mainly because my goal for life other than music is being a engineer!
its definitely going to challenge teams to create robots for this year..... i mean, starstruck was kinda easy compared to this and nothing but net, am i right?
Been talking about this with my team for awhile, but do you guys think of a bot that can split into two. As one robot they are controlled with tank controls using one controller. once they split it becomes two bots that are either controlled using arcade style controls and two controllers, or one controller with each half being controlled with one of the analog sticks.
Having been asked how this would work, I do not think it would be a viable option in an actual competition, as nearly all competitions, including the actual vex ones, only allow for one cortex. In those that have no limits however, it is a simple matter of creating a locking mechanism that operates via a combination of gravity and rubber bands. Once a motor/servo lifts an arm that is being held in place by rubber bands, they will be able to move about freely. The only other option I can see that doesn't involve a bunch of wire extensions that will get tangled, is an illegal VexNet Key mod that allows one wireless dongle attached to the Joystick to communicate with two others rather than the current system that only allows for 1 to 1 communication.
