Thread: FRC488 Driving Over the Bump
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Re: FRC488 Driving Over the Bump
You're a couple days ahead of us, but when we watched the video and looked at the CAD yesterday, there was an immediate "Hey, that looks just like our design." response.

We've got an 8wd, low CG "box bot" in the works, too. Some differences, perhaps... toughbox at 14:88:1 direct driving IFI 6"x1.5" wheels on the centre axles and 6" AM kitbot wheels raised 1/4" on the ends. Mostly baltic birch construction.

We contemplated the "impact" problem and have decided that rather than using suspension or pneumatic tires, we're going to try using foam to isolate the battery and electronics from the frame. It's going to be awesome to see some of these robots "get air" off the bump. I pity the poor machine that gets in the "landing zone".

Jason

Okay... technically, I'm not sure that the machine getting air is going to come off any better than the machine that it lands on... but this is going to be one rough and tumble game when the pressure starts to crank up.