Team 4206 Pre-Season Drive Module (In Progress)

[Nathan Streeter]

Originally Posted by DampRobot

2008, I'd argue that any team that just focused on the drivetrain could have been quite successful. See 148 and the "Roadrunner" configurable robot.

And yes, even if it meant a non standard drivetrain. Roadrunner was Ackerman steering, and Tumbleweed was swerve.

Funny you should mention that... :-) 1519 also built a successful lap-bot, Speed Racer... pretty much 100% drivetrain! It weighed about 40 pounds, was powered by two CIMs, had ackermann steering and could do 8 or 9 lines in auto. It would've been successful if our team had the foresight to use it instead of our hurdling robot (which also did pretty well)... regardless it had a successful off-season.

I'll dig up some video and links of it...

At any rate, I do agree that 2008 was a game in which some successful robot strategies would be more than 70% drivetrain.