[Cem8301]

Originally Posted by PRich1477

Looks like you went with the same wrist articulation method as 148....
On the claw, you're looking pretty good. 148 has had a jaw on their claw all season, and they place tubes differently than us. We later implemented a jaw and the same placement routine as them, though we don't really use it, except when placing over an uber tube... An alternative is to do a mixed drive, like 148's nona-drive (traction-omni modules at each corner, omni in the center) or an octanum.

We were lucky enough to be stationed next to 148 at the Dallas Regional last year.... we were very inspired by their robot-- and worked on building a simplified version in offseason. I am trying to build a simplified version of their octonum drive in Solidworks right now... Though I dont think we will be able to implement it without machining the parts. I see that you guys built your own base... Is that something that you would advocate? (note: my team is fairly new at Solidworks and have never had anything machined). This was our Solidworks design for the robot I posted earlier