Rainbow Impreza Tries To Do Stock But Fails Miserably

[Fracture]

This is just before I finish up the rebuild of the robot. I was wanting to ask;
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I turned the wedges upside down (180 degrees) so the wedge wouldn't be as steep, and therefore they would be more effective at getting in underneath other robots (theoretically.) Is that right, what I've done there? Is it better to do that or to have them the right way up? Or does it not matter either way?

Honestly no one really knows how wedges work other than snapper+extender+small wedge with no other components is the best, though even that can fail (see BBEANS 5). My gut tells me that the steepness really shouldn't matter, but what does matter is that if the wedge is upside down like that there is a chance that when pressure is put on it by the chassis, the bottom right vertex touches the ground without the left vertex doing so which would be pretty bad.

[R1885]

From my own experiences:
The closer a wedge is to being level with the ground, the better it is

The more weight at the front, the better the wedge is

The longer the extender the wedge is attached to is, the better the wedge is

The less ground clearance a bot has with wedge has, the better the wedge is

The more junk attached to a burst motor with a wedge is(most common with blue extenders), the worse the wedge is

Emergency wedges will always be inferior to small wedges in terms of wedginess, but are wider and can serve as armor in a pinch

Burst motor hierarchy that I found effective: Blue<DDT<Snapper2(But only when attached with the burst arm perpendicular to the floor(Lengthwise near the floor or width-wise))

[R01]

I've recently seen your thread but haven't had time to reply until now, gotta say that I like the Barberous inspired robot, nice to see Stock robots that aren't the usual stock competition bots.

-I'd suggest adding a second sawblade and to put them a bit more out to the sides, so it's like : Wheel|Sawblade|Center|Sawblade|Wheel.
-Redbird Motors are technically better than the Angle Motors, however I'd recommend them instead since they take less width(either that or make your robot wider, should help with getting the hits in, since this type of robot needs to get close and having a small width might end up with your wheels blocking the blades).
-As for back wheels, try to put them in the center height, not sure if you actually need them(unless you are building for realistic style).
-I'd highly recommend to put one of the big batteries in your robot, from what I remember the pink ones should only be used as extra batteries or only on small/middleweights since they give out less power(so having blades and drive activated doesn't give them full speed) and have a bad weight/power ratio compared to the others.