pic: 342 8-wheel articulation on bump
 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsZ9-I8nLNM

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Looks fantastic. Where is the bottom of the bumper in relation to this frame? Great design.

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Very cool.
How well does it turn?

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Wow,

Very Neat design. Any vids of it in action. I wish we had the time to build one of these, maybe 3 :D

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Yes I am also curious on how well it turns.

I notice your robot was mainly engineered to deal with the bump. . . however what kind of kicking mechanism (if there is one) are you going to use?

Otherwise this is a fantastic design other than the compromise of maneuverability.

Test video?

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There is a link to video below the picture. The bumper will attach to a bar just above the cut off the picture on top. As for the kicker, I'm not going to throw everything out there just yet. I still have 3 weeks to mess with you guys.;)