[Don Wright]

Originally Posted by Adam Shapiro

Be very careful with casters! Even with treads you will lose a measure of control with your casters (although the surface area from the treads will most likely override this). We had that problem in 2001 (our rookie year) in which we used a combination of wheelchair wheels and casters; with that combination I believe our robot drove in a straight line only once or twice during the season...

Very good point...but hey...I'm an electircal enginer and my solution is, "We'll fix it with software!"

Honestly, it's a good point. Casters were just a quick suggestion.