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[Austinmead]

what do you guys think of this?
robot is offensive, a kicking mechanism....with treads to allow it to go over the bumps?
any other things i should add to the idea???

[viperred396]

Originally Posted by Austinmead

what do you guys think of this?
robot is offensive, a kicking mechanism....with treads to allow it to go over the bumps?
any other things i should add to the idea???

I dont understand what you are asking. Are you asking us to design your bot/bouncing ideas of of us/ or something else?

also your title really has nothing to do with your thread and this post probably be in the "General Forum"

[Storm 2729]

Originally Posted by Austinmead

what do you guys think of this?
robot is offensive, a kicking mechanism....with treads to allow it to go over the bumps?
any other things i should add to the idea???

We were thinking that treads might not be so effective, and to instead utilize tank drive. We had used tank drive last year and its something that's easy to build and service.

[cooldude8181]

My team doesn't like the idea of treads because we think that it will slow the bot down to much for them to actually be effective.

[timytamy]

If you were planing to go over the bumps I would recomend threads as it will allow you to have traction along the whole of your base. However, when you turn with threads you drag over 90% of the threads. So if you plan to move fast the threads may not be a good option.

In saying that I could be completely wrong

Thanks,
timytamy

[carbuff2228]

i think this year alot of team will go with mecanum

[Lil' Lavery]

Originally Posted by cooldude8181

My team doesn't like the idea of treads because we think that it will slow the bot down to much for them to actually be effective.

Treads have no relation to the speed of the robot.

[BrianCloutier]

Originally Posted by cooldude8181

My team doesn't like the idea of treads because we think that it will slow the bot down to much for them to actually be effective.

We had the same idea, we value being agile much more than being "tank-like"

[carbuff2228]

yeah while you lose pushing power with manuverability you can easily get away from a defensive bot thats not manuverable

[Michael Ogden]

Originally Posted by Austinmead

what do you guys think of this?
robot is offensive, a kicking mechanism....with treads to allow it to go over the bumps?
any other things i should add to the idea???

If your robot is offensive, ther is no need to go over the bumps.

[carbuff2228]

Originally Posted by Michael Ogden

If your robot is offensive, ther is no need to go over the bumps.

Yeah there is in my opinion to be able to do end game if you have it and to score the ball if you dont have a long range shooter

[Daniel_LaFleur]

Originally Posted by Michael Ogden

If your robot is offensive, ther is no need to go over the bumps.

Don't be too sure about that

[fsgond]

Originally Posted by Michael Ogden

If your robot is offensive, ther is no need to go over the bumps.

I think a good robot is able to do all aspects of the game, with that said I have seen a few very simple bots make it with a very specialized design.

[Daniel_LaFleur]

Originally Posted by fsgond

I think a good robot is able to do all aspects of the game, with that said I have seen a few very simple bots make it with a very specialized design.

I believe that it's more important that what you do, you do well. Rather than playing the entire game. You have alliance partners to cover for your weaknesses (if you choose wisely)

Also, It doesn't matter how well you can play the different phases of the game if your robot is broken all the time. So build it "to work every time"

[PIDman]

Totally agree with Daniel LaFleur on this one. Good robots can do everything. Great robots can do one thing, and do it incredibly well.