28-11-2016, 08:45
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LabVIEW aficionado and robot addict
AKA: The guy with the yellow hat
 FRC #5987 (Galaxia) Team Role: Mentor
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Join Date: Mar 2015
Rookie Year: 2012
Location: Haifa, Israel
Posts: 489
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Re: pic: 3 wheel omni drive concept
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Originally Posted by Kartoffee
The rules state 8 inches from each corner. This is to stop metal-to-metal contact. If this robot "strafed" between another robot's bumpers, it would be metal-to-bumper contact.
Also, of course, nobody who is aspiring to win much more than Innovation in Controls will make this, so I don't think the GDC needs to panic yet.
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Judging by the appearances and the finger joints, it looks like a majority of the frame is made out of wood. I would be a little sceptical of bumpers hitting wood repeatedly in high-speed collisions.
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