[MCC] Minimum Competitive Concept 2012

[AllenGregoryIV]

Originally Posted by Nemo

Barrier traversal
Use the simplest drive that can get over the barrier. I’m thinking long 8WD using 8” wheels and angled skids on the front end.
This capability significantly improves the odds of bridge success. It provides Plan B in case balls get stuck under bridges or a robot tips on one side of a bridge. It also allows you to pop over the barrier and help the opponent onto the Co-op bridge if their bridge manipulator is failing to get the job done. Also, it allows the robot to cross to the other side to sit underneath a bridge to stabilize it while a robot or two balances to speed up the process.

I think the drive that we built this year was very simple and could climb the barrier pretty easily. It uses mostly stock kit parts with the addition of some 1/8" angle aluminum. It uses 36 teeth sprockets on the wheels to slow it down a bit from the standard KoP configuration.



This drive worked really well for us.