paper: 2014 HOT Tech Notes

[MrRiedemanJACC]

Adam, The step file looks great. Not so sure I'm glad I saw this, I won't be getting much sleep now!

It always amazes me how well designed your robots are and how you can push something right to the limit. The first thing I noticed is that you don't direct drive any of your wheels on the drivetrain. Is there a specific reason for that? Or do you just want to keep the weight of your Cims and gearbox centered?

Also, I am impressed with the 9 mm belts, seems like that is just too close to breaking, but I like that you were able to do that.

In the model it looks like you raised the outerwheels about 1/8"? Is that what you went with or did you need more and shaved the wheels a bit?

Thanks for posting this!