Rather than building Scott's (which is think is great) Is build a little "nudge" so the arm would look like this: __ _______| |_______/\ rathen that: _________________/\ We know we can cap if the tetra is near the middle of the grabber. Just some thoughts.... On Apr 6, 2005 8:47 PM, Srijay Rajan <srijay.rajan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Yeah scott's attachment would be good for getting two tetras from the > human loading zone and not worrying about getting them tangled up. I > think we should use it. > > The limit switch would also be good because if we dont get the tetra > in autonomous its pointless being up so high... unless we start with a > tetra. The turbo would be cool but the precision mode is pointless > because it wastes precious time and we normally pick up the tetra > anyways. > > On Apr 6, 2005 7:51 PM, scott morgan <thriteenthmonkey@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Also I think that the limit switch overide button > > Jordan mentioned would be a good idea incase on gets > > stuck again > > > > also if we are going to use my new attachment for the > > gripper someone should program that > > > > --- Jim Molenda <jim@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > How about using the triggers for precision mode and > > > the buttons on the top > > > of the joysticks for turbo? > > > > > > Jim > > > > > > _____ > > > > > > From: eagleengineering-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > [mailto:eagleengineering-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On > > > Behalf Of Jim Molenda > > > Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2005 6:23 AM > > > To: eagleengineering@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > Subject: [eagleengineering] Re: Other things for > > > Atlanta > > > > > > > > > I was thinking of both a turbo button and a > > > precision button for arm and the > > > drive motors. > > > Jim > > > > > > _____ > > > > > > From: eagleengineering-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > [mailto:eagleengineering-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On > > > Behalf Of Jeff Kane > > > Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2005 8:34 PM > > > To: eagleengineering@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > Subject: [eagleengineering] Other things for Atlanta > > > > > > > > > Hey, > > > > > > For the arm, we should program in like, a turbo > > > button, because if we miss > > > the vision tetra at the beginning, the robot has to > > > wait for the arm to go > > > down and that kills some of our time, and a turbo > > > button or something like > > > that would really help to have the arm go down > > > faster to get the tetra. And > > > besides that it would also look really cool to have > > > a turbo button. And > > > also sorry Stan about having the arm up so high. > > > Oh, and the autonomous > > > mode that we programmed should work with the high > > > limit switch because I > > > noticed during the testing, it went up too far and > > > that's what had smashed > > > it. > > > > > > -Jeff Kane > > > > > > Madalyn Berns <tchglitzgirl5@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > > Here are some things I cam up with about our > > > performance at the LA Regional. > > > I would like some feedback....anything we need to > > > add to this list? I'll > > > also go over this on Wed. So you won't need to > > > print it out. > > > > > > ~Madalyn > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >From: "Jim Molenda" <jim@xxxxxxxxxx> > > > >Reply-To: eagleengineering@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > >To: <eagleengineering@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > >Subject: [eagleengineering] Atlanta Event Agenda > > > >Date: Tue, 5 Apr 2005 10:37:15 -0700 > > > > > > > >Here is a link to the event agenda for Atlanta: > > > > > > > > > >http://lists.trc.silverfir.net/pipermail/trc-announce/attachments/20050328/ > > > 2 > > > >f88acc1/2005_Championship_Public_Agenda-0001.pdf > > > > > > > ><< Jim >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _____ > > > > > > Do you Yahoo!? > > > Make > > > > > <http://us.rd.yahoo.com/my/navbar/sethp/*http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs> > > > Yahoo! your home page > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > > > >