pic: The Coyobot 2010

[biancs15]

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[Nick Lawrence]

This was one of my favourite robots this year, just because of it's really sweet and innovative drivetrain.

-Nick

[JamesCH95]

What was innovative about it?

[Chris is me]

The back two wheels pivoted about the axis of the backmost wheel. This allowed the drivetrain to go over the bump by retracting the middle wheel, while behaving like a 6 wheel drop on flat ground. It could also climb on the platform by pushing the pivot wheel down so the robot was resting on the two hind wheels.