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Re: Motors and gears for a tank thread..

I don't think so, Connor. What I'm seeing is that they want to use a belting collection method, similar to using a VEX tank tread pair, to scoop stuff up. Specifically, they're looking for ways to mount motors.

FRC robots from 2006, 2007, 2009, and 2011 are good examples of FRC robots with a belting pickup method. 2006 and 2009 were designed to scoop up balls from the floor. 2007 and 2011 had a specific type of grabber, the roller claw. (There was also one or more in 2008--team 1114.) Team 148 has posted their CAD from at least a couple of those years; there are also going to be a number of pictures in CD-Media (have fun searching that, BTW--there are a lot of pictures).

Just out of curiosity, do you guys have a mentoring team?
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