Tutorials for RGM Parts/Mechanisms

[xdarkcodex]

Maybe you could have 4 different parts to make it more easy to fine a certain level?
Basic 1/3
Average 4/6
Hard 7/8
Elite 9/10?

[skyliny]

I agree: from 1 to 4 is better than from 1 to 10 (what is the difference between 3 and 4 or 8 and 9?)

[RobinDB]

Good idea. Anyhwo, I've been trying to make a mechanism for a sort of pop-up bridge, that swings up when you hit it from beneath and locks into place with just a few rotating joints and rectangles, and I think it's pretty good but I can't seem to get the bridge to go up straight, it's always slanted downwards. If you can get it to go at least close to horizontal, I'll give you credit when I make the tutorial. Thanks!

http://incredibots.com/?robotID=RobinDB496551bc276501.20802051

[pokeybit]

[pokeybit]

This is more like what you are looking for possibly. You did not make your robot editable, so I had to do it from scratch.

http://incredibots.com/?robotID=pokeybit4967728fa2c661.85063190
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[LSN]

Here's a design that keeps the lower ball in play with mostly the same velocity. The mechanism itself uses almost twice as many shapes and joints as pokeybits's model, though, and isn't as cool to watch in my opinion

http://incredibots.com/?robotID=LSN496789293a8650.17623625

But the thing is you can have some multilevel stuff like this:

http://incredibots.com/?robotID=LSN4967908e3fb890.34764381

For greater visual effect, you could probably use a simple pulley system in place of the levers. But that takes a lot more shapes.

[RobinDB]

Thanks pokeybit and LSN, but both of yours use a latch to hold it in place, I wanted to make one that locks into place with only joints. But thanks for the ideas and support. I didn't make it editable, pokeybit, because although it really wasn't complete, I didn't want anyone to up and steal it.

[RobinDB]

Pop-Up Bridge - By RobinDB
A mechanism for crossing a hole. Or something.
Tags: Bridge
Difficulty: 8/10

http://incredibots.com/?robotID=RobinDB496551bc276501.20802051

I gave it such a high difficulty rating because it takes a lot of tweaking if one little thing is wrong. But it is very useful for possible situations where you need to cross paths in your RGM, i.e., dropping one ball through the hole, and later having a ball cross it.

[pokeybit]

[RobinDB]

Yeah, but like I said, sometimes it'll take a bit of tweaking, so I made it a bit high because if you expect it to be really easy, then have to spend time fixing it, you would get frustrated more easily.

[LSN]

[pokeybit]

[DAN07]

[RobinDB]

Beer do make ppl for drunken, you is not wrong!
(< I think that smiley is a lil' buzzed....)

[DAN07]