How will you mount other components to that chassis? There doesn't appear to be a lot of room to affix any additional structure? Have you considered a standard mounting hole pattern?
Additionally, are you familiar with the SuperShifter as a whole (maintenance, accessibility, access of internals)? The transmissions should be removable in a few minutes. I can speak from experience here: it takes The RoboBees over 20 minutes to remove the transmissions at a moderate pace (that is really not good).
To your above mention of omni wheels, I'm curious why you would consider them in a 6WD drivetrain (from a design perspective). In my experience, the 6WD is built for robust pushing power and stability, I would think that omniwheels would discount pushing power and ability to hold ground in a pushing match.
Not a bad first design. It's definitely a good start. Keep iterating.
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Originally Posted by SuperNerd256
Put some braces between your transmissions, or something to stiffen the frame. It looks like I can warp it in any which way I'd like with a little impact.
Any reason for using FIRST wheels? Plaction, Colson, etc are all really nice wheels, and provide a ton more grip than the FIRST wheels.
Other than that, nice design. Keep up the good work.
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Depending on the design of the superstructure, a lot of bracing may not be required for this drive platform. You can gain significant stiffness from a structure that mounts to this chassis.
I definitely agree with the bracing from one of the transmissions to the other, however.
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09-09-2012, 21:35
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