Our robot, The Meg, got a lot of things right. That's why we started our recent event running off a 9-0 streak. But after that it got a little tougher. So we had some things to fix...but not - as in years recent - a full rebuild on our plate.
Let's start with a new "nameplate". It is also our main crash bar for front impacts. It is now both stronger and scarier looking.
Various other tweaks all happened in rapid order. The goal is to even out power draws. In our last event there were "brown outs" that in particular impacted vision targeting.
Fun video from our last tournament. A mix of Meet the Robots and Asking Odd Questions:
In keeping with the short deadlines, fast turn around of FIRST we are heading to another tournament later this week. Much more on this in a few days.
Oh, I can't resist. Here's a quick peek at the upgrades, which include teaching the robot to actively resist being budged by defending robots - or interfering humans - once the targeting cameras have the launcher spun up and ready to go....
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