Non-Rectangular Frames

[NXTGeek]

I've seen my share of parallelogram frames... not sure wether that was the original design, though...

[Ryan Caldwell]

Our hexagon shape came about when trying to package a very wide hanging mechanism to stay level, along with a 28" wide arm to pick up two disks easily in Auton.
The wide hanger was proposed to allow for stability so that we could shoot off our last cycle while hung.

We had originally thought about a round bot but decided bumper time would be unjustified when a hexagon could house everything.

Our wheels were also very wide which made our zero radius turn incredibly fast & smooth. We were also able to hit and role out of contact fairly well.

The Shape was beneficial when playing defense making it harder for teams to brush off and making it easier to wedge them into the boards without technically pinning them as they could still back strait up.

Structurally it was awesome no real issues. We had a little bending on the back of our bot, thanks to some awesome smash mouth defense by 3098 at Waterford. But nothing that created any issue.