Winnovation 1625 2010
 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7sXWhHfULs

Winnovation 2010
6 wheel coaxial swerve drive
adjustable shooter
gas shock powered lift arm
front roller and vacuum with suction cups

Re: Winnovation 1625 2010
 

Wow, you actually pulled off a 6WD swerve. I am going to have to see this at Midwest. Can't wait.

How is are the wheels grouped? R/L power, F/M/R steer?

Re: Winnovation 1625 2010
 

the power is grouped right side and left side. all of the wheels are steered together.

Re: Winnovation 1625 2010
 

I just love all of the awesome drivetrains that are coming out this year. Does the six wheel swerve drive let you get over the bump, or did you build it for a different reason?

Re: Winnovation 1625 2010
 

6wd swerve!:ahh: mind blown.

Re: Winnovation 1625 2010
 

Cool Robot!


It looked like your kicker extended past the bumper perimeter?

Re: Winnovation 1625 2010
 

It does go over the bump, just not that gracefully.
unless completely necessary we will probably opt for the tunnel

Re: Winnovation 1625 2010
 

It's so strange to see a small bot after last years tank! This one drives like a champ (however that was absolutely expected)! Gorgeous, guys.

Re: Winnovation 1625 2010
 

Crazy crazy crazy. It looks awesome!

Cass

Re: Winnovation 1625 2010
 

With the center 2 wheels added, you seriously limit yourself in traversing the bump.
Why did you choose 6 wheel over 4 wheel swerve drive?

Re: Winnovation 1625 2010
 

having the extra 2 wheels allows us to keep our CG down lower and fixes the major issue with a swerve, rotating the robot.
the center wheels are dropped like any other 6 wheel drive robot.

Re: Winnovation 1625 2010
 

This looks frighteningly similar to our robot, from the swerve drive to the cam kicker, all the way up to the off-center numbers on the front bumper!
Your hanging mechanism is decidedly epic.
How far does it kick?

Re: Winnovation 1625 2010
 

It has adjustable tension on the kicker, so it can score anywhere from right in front of the goal to the other side of the field.

Re: Winnovation 1625 2010
 

I could have sworn one of you guys told me you'd never ever do a 6wd swerve... sneaky sneaky.

Looks extremely impressive, not what I expected from you guys this year. I'm just glad I don't have to compete against it 3 events in a row!

Re: Winnovation 1625 2010
 

Aren lied and told me they wouldn't do a 6w swerve either.

Didn't expect anything less from you guys. Highly impressive.

Re: Winnovation 1625 2010
 

:p not my fault when people start guessing at a secret prototype 6wd swerves come up. I'm allowed to be sneaky

Re: Winnovation 1625 2010
 

So I am guessing that the letters "6WSD" were hidden into your hint #1.

Also, What motor are you using to turn all 6 modules?

Re: Winnovation 1625 2010
 

yes we did hide those letters in the light of Hint #1.
we are using 2 window motors to turn the wheels.

Re: Winnovation 1625 2010
 

Very cool as expected. The 6 wheel serve is just like you told me it would be :cool:


Unlike last year, I am very impressed with your robot from the teaser, even though the video doesn't show the robot score from longer than like 4 feet. The drivetrain and lifter is just sick.

Look foward to watching in dominate in Midwest.

Re: Winnovation 1625 2010
 

Nice work! Awesome drive and poowerful kick!

See you in a week.

Re: Winnovation 1625 2010
 

I'm still really impressed they got everything crammed into a package that will fit under the tunnel and partake in every aspect of the game. No more having to sacrifice re-orient-ability for sweeeeeerviness. Nice job guys.

Re: Winnovation 1625 2010
 

Low blow John, low blow. lol

Re: Winnovation 1625 2010
 

Here is a picture of the modules.

Re: Winnovation 1625 2010
 

Very cool robot. Can't wait to see it in KC. Congratulations. (Be nice to your driver - looks like a tough job with that drive train!)

Re: Winnovation 1625 2010
 

Impressive to say the least!:)

Re: Winnovation 1625 2010
 

From the video, it looks like there is a sizable gap (at least 1") in both the front bumpers and the back bumpers. If there is, you may wish to read <R07-A>. I don't know whether or not your inspectors would choose to make you redo them, but with 2 sets of inspectors, it's often not best to take chance.

If there is not, then I apologize for needless worry.

The swerve drive itself is quite impressive, though. How hard to drive is it?

Re: Winnovation 1625 2010
 

Great Job once again. Very impressed with the simplicity of your lifting mechanism. Look forward to competing with you once again and welcome to the Greater Kansas City Regional.

Re: Winnovation 1625 2010
 

its not to bad, runs like a normal 6 wheel drive till you pull the trigger, then it runs like a swerve drive.

Re: Winnovation 1625 2010
 

That is one quick robot hope your not defending the goal were trying to score on in kansas city.:p

Re: Winnovation 1625 2010
 

Did you guys get a weight on the drive train alone? No doubt the miniaturization prototyping you guys did in the preseason helped.

Re: Winnovation 1625 2010
 

Nice lifter! We had the same basic idea, figured it wouldn't work. Guess it can!

Re: Winnovation 1625 2010
 

Dillon, Have you had any trouble with the window motors overheating and shutting down? We originally had 2 window motors steering our swerve drive, but switched to a CIM when we had overheating problems.

Re: Winnovation 1625 2010
 

we never weighed it before we added all of the other parts on, but if i had to guess it would be somewhere around 45-50 lbs.

and yes, the offseason miniaturization prototyping helped a lot.

We thought it might be an issue, but once we started driving around it didn't seem that bad. My guess is that since the window motors don't back drive and we drive around in 6wheel for some of the time they don't get used as much. Also, since the center wheels are dropped it is really only spinning 4 wheels on the carpet at a time.

Re: Winnovation 1625 2010
 

The windows do begin to overheat but for a 2-3 minute match they should be reasonably fine, especially with a heatsink/fan added on.

Re: Winnovation 1625 2010
 

Looks amazing! can't wait to see it in action!

Re: Winnovation 1625 2010
 

What size are the wheels?

Re: Winnovation 1625 2010
 

those are 3 inch wheels.

Re: Winnovation 1625 2010
 

nice drive system you guys always come up with something winnovative!