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Re: please post hints in how to help improve first bot chassis and which ones they r

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Originally Posted by kramarczyk View Post
I believe this is the site you are referring to.
http://first.wpi.edu/
Yep, that's the one.

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Originally Posted by kramarczyk View Post
And that should accomplish a substancial information overload...
No, wait, I have more! (Chassis and drive systems are my favorite topics)
White papers:
Had to go to the WayBack machine to find the URL for these two, for some reason IFI has removed the links to them from their site:
http://www.ifirobotics.com/docs/Chas...%20Process.pdf
http://www.ifirobotics.com/docs/Driv...provements.pdf

More whitepapers from CD-Media:
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/papers/1469
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/papers/1405
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/papers/1592

And, finally some pictures; since pictures are worth a thousand words, some examples of drivetrains:
Mecanum
Omniwheel-based holonomic
Tank Treads
Swerve Drive
Another (quite different) swerve
4WD

And, lastly my favorite drive system type:
6wd

Well, I said lastly above. I lied. Here are my last links, this time for real. In my opinion, the best bang-for-the-buck upgrade you can make to the kit chassis/drivetrain:
2 more of these,
2 of these,
and add these to taste.

Once you read through all of the stuff linked to in this thread, you'll understand why I recommend these modifications.
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