i guess it's story time
Our robot has mecanum drive with 12:1 gearboxes on each wheel, driven by a set of bevel gears. We have a working suspension on our robot, so the flexibility of the floor at champs shouldn't be an issue (Good luck to everyone with 6" mechs and no suspension!).
The front and back of our robot has polycarb shaped into a plow so that we can push balls from either end. In the center of our robot we have a simple slide mechanism that lods and locks the kicker (in one step!). When released, our kicker can kick over the bump, or into the goal. We have made a couple of changes and soon should be able to shoot over both bumps.
On the sides of the robot, between the legs we have strung two sets of bungee cords so that balls do not go within our robot.
On the top of our robot we have a large polycarb hood that will not allow a ball to rest on it, the hood also has another surprise, but you'll have to stop by our pit to see that
We went to two regionals.
At Peachtree, we seeded 15th overall, got picked by the #8 alliance and lost in QF. We won the GM Industrial Design Award.
At Palmetto we were seeded in 1 through 3 the entire time and ended up as the #2 alliance captains. We lost in SF due to many sudden problems (you know how those pop up in elims). We won the Judge's Award, as they put it for "general awesomeness".
any qestions and all that, feel free to message me, i'm on CD most everyday!