Creating the perfect robot

[brennonbrimhall]

Originally Posted by Thunder910

Or, if you want to improve even further (not by much), you could have a wildly modified 1538.

If you had a 1538-style robot (chassis, arm, etc.) with 67's shooter on top, rather than 1538's shooter (which is on the bottom), you should be able to use a 118/2056 style design to move a hopper of discs from the pickup to the shooter pneumatically. You'd essentially have one of the best floor pickups and FCS capability in FRC, with minimal integration effort.

But, we haven't touched the drivetrain. There's no reason you couldn't put a 67/1114 climber on there. And with the 1538 arm that pivots, you'd be just as accurate as the 67 dump.