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Re: pic: Team 1687 Doherty Technical Forces - Chassis

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Originally Posted by EricH View Post
You might ask 179 how having wheels offset in a similar pattern affected them a few years back. I think it was their 2005 robot that had 6 wheels in a diamond-ish pattern; it did fairly well.

It doesn't do much to affect maneuverability, not at that level, at least that I know about.

Visualizing the bumpers... It sounds like an interesting idea; I assume that bumper supports just aren't shown in this render. (Magic doesn't count as a support, sorry. Neither does simply constraining in CAD...)
I do believe 179 did it in 2008 as well. They had a pretty wicked turn rate. But it might have just been a 3-wheeler with the front wheel being a swerve module.
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