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Re: Is your robot defense ready?

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Originally Posted by Max Boord View Post
Our team takes a different approach to dealing with defense:
1. 20 fps
2. Mecanum
3. 3/4 inch ground clearance
4. 8 square inches of tread jammed into the ground with pnumatics.(anti-push feet)
5. A 6 cim powered arm called a "shooter" that defends the entire inside of our chassis. If a mechanism enters our chassis that mechanism may exit the field at high speed. (Or at least be persuaded into an upright and locked position).
I second seeing a video of a mecanum robot geared for 20ft/s. Unless you have a crazy drive motor setup you're going to have a hell of a time getting to 20ft/s
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