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Re: Team 1625 Introduces their 2011 Robot: Mr. Cringerpants

Awesome work. Can't wait to see it compete!

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Originally Posted by 1075guy View Post
Seems to me like 1625's "lobster" drive shown here, is a relative of 148/217's Slide drive (Nonadrive) from 2010, at least in how it works. It looks to me like the strafing wheels are actuated up and down to lift the other 6 traction wheels off the carpet.
It's much more similar to 190's 2003 robot, which had a very similar (secondary drop-down drive train) arrangement.
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