Speed Test
Early this morning I completed the main goals of the Sparky prototype build: to answer critical architecture questions about speed, weight, and size of the to-be-built competition robot.
Sparky achieved autonomy and completed several test runs across a 248cm distance, the maximum span of the firefighting contest arena. The video below shows Sparky's buildup and performance test.
I can now make a drivetrain selection--motors, gears, wheels--and the rest of the pieces of the complex architecture puzzle--motor controllers, power supply, computer systems--are rapidly starting to fall into place. Good thing because the clock hasn't stopped counting down the days and hours until the showdown on March 8.
Sparky achieved autonomy and completed several test runs across a 248cm distance, the maximum span of the firefighting contest arena. The video below shows Sparky's buildup and performance test.
I can now make a drivetrain selection--motors, gears, wheels--and the rest of the pieces of the complex architecture puzzle--motor controllers, power supply, computer systems--are rapidly starting to fall into place. Good thing because the clock hasn't stopped counting down the days and hours until the showdown on March 8.
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