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Progress Reports / Re: Team Cosmos
« on: September 30, 2020, 12:00:51 pm »
It is fun to read those old build reports. It's amazing how far some technology has come, and how some of those early ideas still haven't been fully realized.
I don't know if you remember our Sportsman from 2007 bot that used IR sensors to fire the hammer. We had all sorts of fun with software simulators, then using the telemetry from the microcontroller to help us optimize our hammer speed ramp for quickest possible fire. Unfortunately the hammer was too heavy, and it was less than impressive in real life. Very Chomp-ish in a lot of ways.
Maybe it's time to get back into the sportsman at Moto. I still enjoy the kinetic bots too, and really want to get my latest 12 pounder working a bit more, uh, functionally.
I don't know if you remember our Sportsman from 2007 bot that used IR sensors to fire the hammer. We had all sorts of fun with software simulators, then using the telemetry from the microcontroller to help us optimize our hammer speed ramp for quickest possible fire. Unfortunately the hammer was too heavy, and it was less than impressive in real life. Very Chomp-ish in a lot of ways.
Maybe it's time to get back into the sportsman at Moto. I still enjoy the kinetic bots too, and really want to get my latest 12 pounder working a bit more, uh, functionally.