[Boltman]

Originally Posted by sanddrag

We thought one of those sideways sliding drivetrains using omni wheels would be really cool for this year, since there's no defense, but when we looked at space allocation in the middle of the robot, we decided against it.

That was a huge challenge, we decided to mount electronics vertically to make room for the Omni H pattern... figuring out how to mount middle was a tough challenge and also getting the robot level afterwards ... we then figured the middle needed a suspension to stay in contact with other four corners. It took us 4 weeks just to get the drive train working. Rest of robot assembled in two weeks.

I do believe Omni's will prove to be the best for this game. The results were totally worth the effort. Far exceeded what we envisioned.

As for what we were thinking originally .... we spent a long time looking at a robot that could load from the back and in place rotate totes to the front hopefully scoring.... that was nixed in favor of a simpler more robust design tht did not require placement to work.