Turning on the bridge

[MrBasse]

Originally Posted by Taylor

Why would omnidirectional drive be essential? If there's a sideways bot on the bridge, surely the other two could push it into position - especially with the low-friction HDPE. If there's one thing we've learned about balancing, it works best when only one robot is moving.

Where is there low friction HDPE? The polycarbonate on the bridges is quite grippy against many types of rubber wheels. That includes the kit wheels from this year, last year, and also any pneumatic wheels that may be in use. I can tell you right now, with pneumatics in the middle and omnis on the back of our bot, there wasn't a team we met that could push us sideways on a bridge (especially uphill).

I can't remember who it was, but I did see this in action on a video on CD, they turned as they got to the end of the bridge. The only issue there is being sure that you don't get hung up on the field wall and lost your balance points.