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Originally Posted by Derrick Maust
I was just thinking of all the possibilities we have this year to make custom parts! Teams could design and make wheels that don't lose traction as easily. Frame work out of steel tubing, and even custom gears ect. Anyone have thoughts on this subject?
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There is almost next to no reason to use steel framing on your robot in almost every occasion. Unless your looking for a very cheap alternative to Aluminum there is seriously probably no advantage. Only things I use steel for are hardware, and shafts and shafts is a big maybe to.
I personally like having the idea of a completely custom robot, because I personally like the challenge of starting from scratch. So far my design uses only Tetrix sprockets and bevel gears.
My serious question is can we make a custom rubber grip for the wheels? like an insert that goes on top that has a much higher coefficient of friction with the foam tiles. I think that will be lost of fun with casting...
- Andrew