Just a recommendation, but I would be careful about adding
additional rubber bands or different parts to this mission model. This mission
model is specifically designed to react in two different ways:
·
If you push too fast (high force), the model will “lockup” and
not raise the weight (and you will not score the points).
·
If you push slowly enough (low force), the model will raise the
weight (and you will get the points).
This is why this mission is one of the few that tells you how
you must interact with the mission model:
ROBOTIC
SENSITIVITY
It
takes a lot of sophistication and therapy for an artificial hand and its user
to find the correct angles for the many
pivots
and extensions of movement, but what about the forces? It takes a lot less
force to grip a sandwich than a
rock…
What about handling eggs – or kittens? How is the correct force found?
MISSION
- Get the weight to the up position by pushing the blue panel only.
WEIGHT ALL THE WAY UP = 25
Points
Model Setup (http://firstlegoleague.org/uploadedFiles/Challenge_Specific/Body_Forward/Body%20Forward%20-%20Field%20Setup.pdf)
“Be sure the
rubber belt runs only in the groove of the gray half-bush (tiny pulley). The
belt must not be allowed to rub on the blue beams nor the tan cross-axle. The
more friction there is in this model, the easier the mission seems - so be sure
you’re practicing with a properly maintained model, because they’re likely to
be correct at tournaments.” See the picture in the link
above to see the correct routing of the elastic band.
Bill
From: First Lego League
in Virginia and DC [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of John
Busic
Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 2010 11:33 PM
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Subject: EXTERNAL:Re: [VADCFLL-L] problem with pressure sensing model
We
had a similar problem and we fixed it by adding a second rubberband to the
model.