pic: FRC973 Presents Emperor Swerve

[AdamHeard]

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[O'Sancheski]

So when are you going to post the cad for this so that all of us can explore the amazing robot that you guys built?

I think I may have fallen in love! Seriously, this thing looks amazing!

[Justin Montois]

Very well done. Looks awesome.

[Thermal]

Very impressive build. Congratulations on your offseason, the results are outstanding

[Tom Bottiglieri]

Wow, very nice! What other offseason are you guys doing?

[AdamHeard]

We have 6 weeks until The Madtown Throwdown in Fresno, which is shaping up to be a ridiculously stacked event (254, 254, 968, 971, 971, 973, 973, 973, 1323, 1323... that's a lot for the west coast!). We plan to be well practiced and well coded for this event, we had 30 seconds of practice and maybe 5 hours of code time before this previous weekend's event.

Originally Posted by Thermal

Very impressive build. Congratulations on your offseason, the results are outstanding

Haha thank you, but all congrats should go to 1538 and our comp bot. The crab was limping all day due to a glaring oversight on our part that resulted in tripping breakers. Easily fixed, but in the heat of the moment we didn't immediately spot the solution.

So, for future reference everyone... Path DOES matter if it possibly results in wheels pointing at each other driving full speed.... Boom 120 main breaker trip.

[techtiger1]

Gosh is that beautiful. Great job 973 I am very interested to hear more about the iteration of this swerve drive.

[Mk.32]

We saw this at the Fall Classic, looked very impressive. Totally blew the swerve drive were are designing out of the water. Hope to see it again soon, and congrats on your win!

[emekablue]

I'm impressed, this is good. I hope to see it up close at the Throwdown.

[Mark Sheridan]

Wow! Really cool. omnidirectional swerve with two speeds! That is definitely the ultimate drivetrian.

I notice the CIM has two gears on it. I was wondering if you can shed some light on the design process of making a compact two speed swerve. Love to see more close up pictures.

thank you for posting

[AdamHeard]

Originally Posted by Mark Sheridan

Wow! Really cool. omnidirectional swerve with two speeds! That is definitely the ultimate drivetrian.

I notice the CIM has two gears on it. I was wondering if you can shed some light on the design process of making a compact two speed swerve. Love to seem more close up pictures.

thank you for posting

We'll get a picture of a module removed this weekend. It's kind of cool the swerve is really just 4 modules and a frame. The modules really are "IT".

Also, to answer O'Sancheski's question, we'll likely post a video, photoalbum and .stp file closer/after the next offseason event when the robot is "done".

[waialua359]

Adam,
you guys have certainly stepped it up doing great things with your team.
Wish I could witness it at the off-season event.

Glenn

[rsisk]

Can someone explain in simple terms what you mean by translation and rotation?

[EricH]

Originally Posted by rsisk

Can someone explain in simple terms what you mean by translation and rotation?

Rotation: Turning about a single point, usually (but not always) the center of the robot, or somewhere close to that area.
Translation: Motion in a single direction (either front/back or side-side, or in the case of an omnidirectional drivetrain, some line in between).

If the point of rotation happens to be translating as you rotate, you are pulling off a very tricky move--that sort of motion is usually reserved for things like frisbees, not stuff that stays on the ground.