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Re: pic: Team 148 - 2011 - Raptor

I can imagine that the all-omni wheel drivetrain would create a nice "drift" effect when turning around during high-speed motion, a maneuver that can be seen at about 1:44 in their video. I can imagine that this will come in handy, due to the "back and forth" nature of driving in this game, and that this may have actually been hampered by the kicker wheel.

CAD drawings that flash by all feature a kicker wheel, as well as many practice bot pictures. But all footage of the final robot seems to place the battery in the center of the robot, in place of the mass of sheet metal that (presumably) supported the sideways wheel.

Also, John mentions a major change to subsystem 1 (the drivetrain) here. Coincidence? Or iterative design?
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