Drive systems

[Easton8]

From my experience treads are a real pain to use, and for a team that has never done them before I would definitely not recommend it. Building a basic 6WD from the kit of parts would be a lot simpler and save you a considerable amount of time and money. As for playing "defense" I would not recommend designing a robot for that, even if you think thats all you can build. To be an asset on the field you don't necessarily need an amazing robot that can score on the highest basket from half court every time. In fact a robot with just a decent shooter that stays on the other side of the field and feeds balls to other robots would almost as valuable an asset.

[Roboticsismylif]

We not actually using treads. We're planning on using a v-belt that has teeth on booth sides. We also are going with a rocker(spelling) bar like design. Kind of like a bulldozer. When we do turn the bot the treads turn in opposite directions. When this happens the rocker bar picks up the pulleys on the bottom ends leaving only the middle touching, reducing the amount of stress while turning.

[pfreivald]

Originally Posted by Roboticsismylif

We not actually using treads. We're planning on using a v-belt that has teeth on booth sides. We also are going with a rocker(spelling) bar like design. Kind of like a bulldozer. When we do turn the bot the treads turn in opposite directions. When this happens the rocker bar picks up the pulleys on the bottom ends leaving only the middle touching, reducing the amount of stress while turning.

That's pretty cool!