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Originally Posted by JosephM
Is it against FIRST's rules? No. Will it help teams with money issues? Yes. But will it help kids in the long run, probably not.
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I feel that using an AndyMark transmission is no different than standardizing your own drive train. Sure, we may not have designed it, the kids will still bennifit from the design and manafacturing of the other compnents. Was the incoming freshman around when the drivetrain was standardized two years ago?
On my team I do control type stuff, software and electronics. Last year we experimented with a new drive train and limited success. I have been telling members of my team about the miracles of Omni wheels for a while. I have very little experience in the shop therefore I probably coun't make them. Buying them and throwing them on our old robot to show their bennifets is the best way to convince the team to use them.
During the Fall semester there are plans for my team to go back to the drawing board and standardize a "drivetrain platform". Buying an AndyMark transmission will give us quite a boost in the redesign. Perhaps, we will use it, maybe we won't. Either way we will get a chance to play with a successful transmission that: combines the power of the drill and Chip and is capable of shifting. We have never concentrated on shifting, but we have tried to marry the drill and Chip.