I'll admit these are really cool, but I would say that that Whegs aren't really practical on FIRST robots. If you look at the mass of whegs relative to the overall mass of the robot, the mass of the motors powering the whegs relative to the mass of the robot, and the strength of the whegs relative to the mass of the robot.. each one of those is several times higher than anything you'd ever see on a FIRST robot.
I would imagine that there must be a better way for FIRST robots to get up a couple of 6" bumps...
Admittedly
really cool, but I'd say their practical uses in FIRST robotics and this game is very narrow.
Very interesting though. A fun post!
Matt