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Re: pic: 706 Lunacy Bot

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Originally Posted by reversed_rocker View Post
thats just plain strange, i dont even know where the pink team is from. hopefully we do have a few key differences because otherwise my engineering ego will have definitely taken a hit. right now the factors that i think would separate us would be

Automated conveyor belt using optical sensors
4 wheel crab drive with inverted front and back steering
adjustable turret hood
custom steering wheel (a pot hooked to the analog input on the driver's station translated to give values for the steering encoders to follow)
Pink is from Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

Yes, there are significant differences between their bot and yours, the most notable being the swerve drive. Pink is using a six wheel tank drive.

Even if there are resemblances, don't let your ego take a hit! Pink consistently has some of the nicest robot engineering in FIRST.
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