pic: 6 CIM swerve CAD from 2471

[cadandcookies]

Originally Posted by kk052

if you want to pivot around a specific pint you need to move the wheels close to that piont at a different speed than the wheels farther, however you may be able to get away with basic movements by just direction, but the wheels would skid a lot.

Thank you. Now I remember 1717's swerve in 2012 and the pivot maneuvers they had. I think the usefulness of pivots would be highly variable on the game though.

[asid61]

What's the weight with what is shown in the picture?
Where are the turning encoders going?

Cool design. I likw the integration with the frame a lot. I would be a little worried about collisions, but you would need to test on that.

[Bryce2471]

Originally Posted by asid61

What's the weight with what is shown in the picture?
Where are the turning encoders going?

Cool design. I likw the integration with the frame a lot. I would be a little worried about collisions, but you would need to test on that.

The weight for everything in the picture, should be about 15.5 lbs.
The encoders are a little hard to see in the picture, but they are there. they are mounted to the top of the upper gearbox frame, facing downward.
You're right that I will need to test this design to make sure that it holds up, but i'm pretty sure that collisions will be a non-issue.

[BBray_T1296]

It is hard to see, but I am concerned that the belt may get caught between the gear and the middle CIM pinion and get chewed up. Is there a flange on the underside of those pulleys? or is there some other way to insure the belt does not ride a little too low?

[Bryce2471]

Originally Posted by BBray_T1296

It is hard to see, but I am concerned that the belt may get caught between the gear and the middle CIM pinion and get chewed up. Is there a flange on the underside of those pulleys? or is there some other way to insure the belt does not ride a little too low?

You're concern is warranted, and in the CAD there are some washers that hang over either side of those pulleys to keep the belt in place. Although, I'll admit that if I were to try and build this design, I would replace all those pulleys with fanged versions. I CADed this in a very short amount of time, when I didn't have good internet access, so I used pulleys that T already had CAD for.

Assuming that the robots center of rotation is somewhere along its mid plane. (I've found a reason of it to be anywhere else) Then a robot with this drive base would be able to translate without any skidding, or rotate without any skidding, but it would have a limited amount of skidding when rotating and translating at the same time. I say "limited", because the module is only 20" long and the other side length of the robot would most likely be about 35".