With the 2014 perimeter change from a fixed dimension to a perimeter specification a tribot is no long such a disadvantage. So we made a tribot swerve. Last meeting the mechanical students put the robot together and last night the programmers got code on the robot. Its crab only now. Need to work on the chassis rotation part. Here's a video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cs8KWuuUWJY
So what do you think? What are the advantages and disadvantages of tribots? Are we foolish? Anyway I proud of the effort the students put into this. They really worked together well and accomplished this fast.
The "line" is the point at which we've raised the floor so high that the advanced teams are hitting the ceiling. The ceiling is pretty darned high (and the GDC keeps raising it), so I don't think we're in danger of that any time soon. - EricVanWyk [more] 
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