regarding wheel protection...
 

My team (2441) and I are working on our robot as we speak (I'm in charge of bumpers/protection). I was asked to figure out a way to protect our wheels from the impending balls which will fall onto our robot. If the balls fall on our robot's wheels, our the chains might come loose, so we're trying to prevent that from happening. I'm trying to think up of something, but I'm drawing a blank... would anyone mind sharing their ideas on their robot wheel protections? (Not asking for a diagram or anything, just, like, an idea.)

Re: regarding wheel protection...
 

I don't know what your bot looks like but I am suspecting that you need protection fropm above? You could just put a single raised peice of kit metal above the wheel, or completely cover the wheels with sheet metal. The first is probably better though.

Good luck
Jacob

Re: regarding wheel protection...
 

sorry, I guess I forgot to mention what our robot was. It's still the basic frame right now...

Thanks for the help!