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Originally Posted by Sperkowsky
The reason why we want to do the wide chassi with front facing wheels is because we kind of have to.
Changing the wheel config is not an option with the chassi and going facing the other way makes it very hard to build as there's no good way to mount the 2x1s.
Our only option would be building a chassi from the beginning something we have never done before.
What helped you sort the issues out was it Driving issues, code issues, any guidance would be awesome but the long chassi is something we really can't change.
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I have no idea how they fixed the Mecanum drive- its one of those darned programming things I've never been good at. However, even when the robot was working at full capacity, the strafing was never that great, and placing stacks on a scoring platform in the strafing direction is not easy to do.
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Originally Posted by Sperkowsky
It's funny I followed your robot design process pretty closely throughout the season and one thing we will probably pull from is the disc brake.
But that aside
Our single objective is a simple reliable robot that can stack from the hp station or the landfill.
A ramp would speed up a load from the human player station and our powered intakes will allow us to be fast Through the landfill.
We want to be able to cap a six stack which is why we have the raised hook to lift the recycling cans off.
Although in higher level play cans are a determining factor a can grabber is more of an add on then a key design feature at the moment.
Our goal is 2 capped six stacks that is not too Crazy unreasonable but is 84 points.
Our biggest design factor has to be reliability
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I would focus on either human player loading
or landfill loading, not both. And then also consider how you're going to place the stacks, not just how you're going to build them.
ToddF is right, though. You need to come to these conclusions with your team via an in-depth strategy analysis, and pick the right design for you.
I would recommend building in the longwise direction, and for human loading using a ramp, re-designing the backfeed ramp, or considering a design like
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