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stop mocking us
 hahaThey are on the 2003 bot!! okay, that means they aren't in the picture that we have seen of the robot with wings. am i right???  Last edited by Travis Covington : 24-02-2003 at 20:44. |
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24-02-2003, 20:39
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i have info from some VERY CLOSE "inside" sources... mouhahahahahaha  /me tries to think back to that conversation he had with Andy Baker on my phone... ah HA! I remember what it was about now.  |
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24-02-2003, 20:42
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Do I hear a condescending tone from a TechnoKat? I bet Baker could break your back like a toothpick |
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24-02-2003, 20:43
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Those are omniwheels. They are designed to eliminate side friction when swerve/tank driving. The rings rotate sideways so that when the robot turns, the wheels don't have any resistance to teh ground.
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24-02-2003, 20:51
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I'm ruling them out as any important drive wheel due to the fact there's no proper pillow block to mount them... or is the fault of the design?
 But after looking briefly at your robot this year, my guess is that they are somehow related to the arms... perhaps they are for driving when the arms are raised in some way? I dunno, but I'm just using my wildest guesses. |
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24-02-2003, 20:55
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24-02-2003, 21:03
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K i gotta get in on this...
if they are for driving in some way with the arms up... maybe it has to do with the outrageous gear ratio you guys have it looks to be 6:1 !!! meaning that thing is scary fast in high, and scary powerful in low... but when i look carefully at the base of your robot this year i cannot see where they could possibly be!! gimme some time...I need to analyze the pics |
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24-02-2003, 21:16
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ummm they may not have pillow blocks because the wheel itself has bearings. They arent driving the shaft, they are driving the wheel itself. Based on the fact that those wheels seem to be mounted to your base, and the fact that you have no real drive motors left, Im gonna guess the tracks and omnis are interchangeable.
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24-02-2003, 22:58
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2 guesses for me. Both guesses involve the wheels being on the ends of the arm and they are driven in the direction perpendicular to the belts drivetrain.
My first guess is that the wheels are used to extend and retract the arms by driving them into and out of the robot. Not too realistic, but hey, its just a guess right? My other guess is that the arms are pushed down so that the drive base is lifted up and the wheels are used for some side to side driving. Just a few wild guesses for the fun of it. |
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24-02-2003, 23:40
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An answer was already given, and your guesses negated.
Read the thread first. They are part of a modular system. Omni's OR Treads, The Kat's choose before matches what they are gonna go with. |
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25-02-2003, 08:54
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dwarfs newest guesse:
maybe its for driving on top of totes... you lift the arm to the right height then you drive up on top of them with the winged parts...you could either still keep your robots main part on the ground or maybe you would be planning on actualy hoisting your robot up using the boxes as stilts... just another crazy idea. maybe we can just send some interigators to kokomo to get it out of them...we have ways of making you talk! its only 45 mins away! Just kidding |
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25-02-2003, 11:40
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I never saw any official answer... But that's the most logical guess, as the omniwheel part is modular. You can see the bolts on the frame meaning that it is meant to be taken off easily. It's not welded together like most of the TechnoKats robot. The only thing I can't figure out is what's driving it. The coupling on their primary gearbox is meant for easy release (and to absorb shock), but I don't understand why they would waste all that power on these omniwheels... |
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25-02-2003, 11:59
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25-02-2003, 12:09
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 yep definately look modularish... thats what i was thinking origionaly when i saw all the images together and made a post on the first page of this thread but then it seemed like other people were saying things like that and being told they were wrong so i changed my mind... shoulda gone with my gut instincts.... why do i have a feeling that they still have more suprises instore for us? |
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