[lemiant]

This is a pre-season project for team 4334, the Alberta Tech Alliance. Today we are learning about some of the part choices we have to make when building a robot. The students have been divided into groups and will each be researching one of the following topics:

• Speed controllers
• Chain vs Belt
• Gearboxes
• Structural Materials
• Wheels

Each group will break discover the main parts (or classes of parts) that are used in their application. Then they will fill out as much of the following information as possible for each:

Title:
Picture:
Description:
Advantages:
Disadvantages:

After reviewing each of the options they will finish their evaluation with an evaluation of which solution they would recommend and why (or solutions if multiple are very close).
Once all of the submissions are up, I would love if the Delphi community would come in and comment, critique, and suggest additions to what our students have suggested in each area.
So without further ado, let’s get started!

I’d also like to wish everyone a happy 11/14 ,
- Alex