pic: FRC488 - Octocanum Drive Rendering

[XaulZan11]

Do you need both intake arms down to shoot or do you have enough clearance?

[Michael Corsetto]

Originally Posted by XaulZan11

Do you need both intake arms down to shoot or do you have enough clearance?

It looks like since they're on motors, they could potentially have more than a "down" and "up" position to their rollers. Really nice.

-Mike

[Madison]

Originally Posted by AllenGregoryIV

Can everyone post teasers that are like this, you are actually able to decode what a team is doing from it.

Of course, I dislike teasers tremendously. I'll post a rendering of the completed CAD model as soon as it's done. I don't like sharing work that isn't of a high-caliber.

Originally Posted by Mark Sheridan

Very cool. Where did you get those follower omni wheels from?

They're 3" Tetrix omniwheels from FTC kits. The actual diameter is closer to 2.75", though.

Originally Posted by XaulZan11

Do you need both intake arms down to shoot or do you have enough clearance?

We do need to lower them a bit, but not to their lowest extent. When lowered far enough for the ball to be catapulted cleanly, the arms do not extend beyond the ends of our bumpers.

[pwnageNick]

Originally Posted by Madison

They're 3" Tetrix omniwheels from FTC kits. The actual diameter is closer to 2.75", though.

The 2.75" Double Roller Omni Wheels are also quite nice.

http://www.vexrobotics.com/276-1902.html

And if you don't like using the 1/8" square bore in them you can shove a 1/4" hex shaft through them. Some VEX teams have done it before with 1/4" hex standoffs (since that's a legal VRC part). You might be able to take it up to 3/8" hex if you machine it.

[gpetilli]

Originally Posted by pwnageNick

The 2.75" Double Roller Omni Wheels are also quite nice.

http://www.vexrobotics.com/276-1902.html

And if you don't like using the 1/8" square bore in them you can shove a 1/4" hex shaft through them. Some VEX teams have done it before with 1/4" hex standoffs (since that's a legal VRC part). You might be able to take it up to 3/8" hex if you machine it.

We are using the Vex dually as follower wheels. We even use the Vex encoders on the 1/8" shaft. We made 3d printed forks to hold it all together.