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Whats the weight of that, as of now? looking good.

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We thought about this design...didn't go with it though :(

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it looks like its ready for war

i like the armor

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Somebody a fan of Swampthing?

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not especially, although i am a fan of total combat with tanks

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very nice.
I'm curios why you chose to "chop off" the corners making a hexagon instead of a rectangle? I know this is what swampthing did last year.
DB

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We did it so if we were trying to squeeze in between two robots, it would make it easier to kind to push between them. This might happen if we are going fast and two robots get in the way.

By the way...we love swampthing!

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good catch. and not a bad way to shape a robot if you have a driver that likes spearing through resistance

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and what size wheel are you using?

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eight inch

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I haven't used coolie ds. on our robots, we used alum. omni, I think
they are more rigid ,but again...

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Nice! The angled front end should keep you from getting snagged. Do I see flat stock on the back to support the wheels? That's one shape we don't have that could be very useful in my opinion.

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you have it, its the 6 inch c-channel with the angles cut off

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what is the advantage of having to regular drive wheels in sted of having 4 powered omni wheels
just asking cause of way you r robot is desined

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this looks sick. nice work! Good luck!

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They aren't trying to get holonomic motion. They're going for skid steering with a little better performance than a standard 4WD. Having those traction wheels keeps them from inadvertently going sideways.

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Dude...
That is a thing of beauty! Robotic beauty maybe but still Beauty! Looking good!

Steve

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i like the idea of the angled front of the robot, makes sense with the gameplay this year if you ask me, i was wondering... how well do you like that material for your chassis? good luck this year.

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We love it! It allows to build really fast! Its really strong. Non conductive, non corrosive, electromagnetically transparent, and 1/5 the weight of steel and 1/3 of aluminum.