2053 Presents: MecaTankanum

[dougwilliams]

Answering the question:

Is anyone crazy enough to use Mecanum wheels this year?

Team 2053 Proudly Presents our 2016 FRC Stronghold Robot:

MecaTankanum

http://i.imgur.com/gaMHAlQ.png
http://i.imgur.com/15TbTMm.png


Full reveal video coming soon. We will be competing at the Pittsburgh and Long Island Regional events this year.


Mecanum based robot for field agility and high goal alignment with passively engaged tank system for crossing defenses
Fast pneumatic/winch driven scaling mechanism
Flywheel-based high goal boulder capable with accurate, repeatable shooting
Vision system for teleop and autnomous auto-goal alignment, with driver feedback
Intake roller bar for quick field boulder ingestion
Multiple adaptable autonomous modes for crossing defense and goal alignment from any starting position
Multi-year experienced drive team on Mecanum based drive system, MecaTankanum requires no additional driver workload
Full IMU-based field oriented drive system, with auto-alignment to field elements

[Sperkowsky]

Very interesting. Excited to see it up close at SBPLI.

[kmodos]

And now I'm really excited for Pittsburgh. Like really really excited to see this in person.

[dougwilliams]

And the link to our Reveal Video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0b_HQtkS8H0

[ARC5136]

that thing is a monster!

Nice work!