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Originally Posted by Nuttyman54
This is a really neat design. Have you guys prototyped the climbing tri-wheels at all?
Also, I can't tell how you intend to get the robot from the floor to the climbing orientation.
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Hey Nuttyman,
SO...the tri-wheels were a sort of...all or nothing sort of idea. The kids made something out of legos...but as for a genuine prototype I don't think they did anything. I'm sort of hoping they got it right. They modeled it in inventor and are going to town building it/ordering parts...At this point it might be a suicide mission where they end up with no robot. I'm sort of hoping that isn't the case. In the least the idea is that they will keep fixing/figiting until it works.
As for the transition...I'm not sure the kids have figured that one out either. The original idea was to just ram into the pole...There is an arm mechanism that mounts on the top and folds down which they will probably end up using, and they are planning on having the tri-wheels whirring away as they drive into the pole. Worst case they are going to mount a teflon-V in the center square to slide onto pole.
Absolute worst case situation the kids will add a pusher to the back to help tilt the robot up.
great...now I'm worried.
Edoga