Hi everyone,
We made the tower and platform yesterday at Mr. Haas’s house. In Breakaway, robots can suspend themselves on the tower for bonus points. Our mockup of the tower will allow us to experiment with different ways to hang a robot from the tower. Robots may also climb on the tower or drive through the tunnel under the platform to move from one field area to another. The tunnel’s clearance is quite low (16 inches), and driving under it can be very impractical and design-compromising.
The pictures below shows us working on structure, and the last picture shows the finished product. The tower/platform is still at Mr. Haas’s workshop, and will have to be partly disassembled in order to bring it over to Abhinav’s garage. Special thanks to Steve’s mom for providing food and driving all of us over, and to Mr. Haas for providing us with his workshop, equipment, and materials to construct our tower.
- Haochuan
