Best omnidirectional drive trains in FIRST history

[GCentola]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0W83...feature=relmfu
Year after year their 3-wheel swerve amazes me, but I have to say that 2011 was one of the most impressive.

As for 2008, I love 148 and 118's drives. And of course 1114, for just being amazingly fast, although not omnidirectional.

[Arefin Bari]

I guess for a lot of you, robots from 2004 are old. However I thought Team 180, SPAM's omnidirectional chassis and Team 1083, Emoticon's omnidirectional chassis were pretty cool.

As far as swerve there are way too many teams that have mastered it over the years. It's very hard to name just one.

[Brandon Holley]

Originally Posted by Arefin Bari

I guess for a lot of you, robots from 2004 are old. However I thought Team 180, SPAM's omnidirectional chassis

I loved watching the hook on that thing deploy. It was truly awesome.

-Brando

[Billfred]

To my knowledge, the only drive systems that have won Einstein that weren't tank drive were:

-67 in 2005 (swerve of unknown particulars)
-148 in 2008 (coaxial swerve)

If someone remembers one I've missed, I'm all ears.

[Andrew Schreiber]

Originally Posted by Billfred

To my knowledge, the only drive systems that have won Einstein that weren't tank drive were:

-67 in 2005 (swerve of unknown particulars)
-148 in 2008 (coaxial swerve)

If someone remembers one I've missed, I'm all ears.

111 - 2003

[Joe Ross]

Originally Posted by Andrew Schreiber

111 - 2003

And 2009.

[Frenchie461]

2009-Beachbots' sorta crab system is one of my favorites.

[LeelandS]

Originally Posted by GCentola

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0W83...feature=relmfu
Year after year their 3-wheel swerve amazes me, but I have to say that 2011 was one of the most impressive.

As for 2008, I love 148 and 118's drives. And of course 1114, for just being amazingly fast, although not omnidirectional.

Tumbleweed (148's 2008 robot)

118's 2008 robot


My personal favorite is 1625's 2010 6-wheel swerve. It offers a lot of versatility in terms of being able to function as a 6-wheel tank drive, and as a traditional swerve drive. They were the captains of the Galileo-winning alliance, so, interpret results as you will.

6-Wheel Swerve!

[R1ffSurf3r]

8 wheel swerve

[O'Sancheski]

Originally Posted by R1ffSurf3r

8 wheel swerve

I would like to see an 8 wheel swerve. Does 233 have something that they are prototyping in their labs for next year?

[Arefin Bari]

Originally Posted by O'Sancheski

Does 233 have something that they are prototyping in their labs for next year?

I will be very surprised if I see team 233 with a swerve drive during the season.

[Andrew Schreiber]

Originally Posted by Arefin Bari

I will be very surprised if I see team 233 with a swerve drive during the season.

I would be surprised to see PINK assembling a swerve drive at their first event of the season.

[R1ffSurf3r]

Originally Posted by Arefin Bari

I will be very surprised if I see team 233 with a swerve drive during the season.

especially if it's a two-speed

[Aren_Hill]

Well the best is obviously sitting in a CAD file on my laptop, (this is a joke, I've got plenty of fun ideas, but they currently are just ideas)

My vote from watching them this year is team 16's robot, 1717's was fast but nowhere near as fluid as the Bomb Squad, much of that has to do with the arranged steering methods 1717 uses (steering diagonal modules), vs 16's completely independent setup, this is my hunch from the background I've had with them.

[jwfoss]

Personally I'd never build a kiwi bot, but watching 1501 in 2010 was pretty sweet. They built a pair of awesome little robots.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMVauiFfVXM

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/photos/35176