Velcro tread

[Andrew Schreiber]

Originally Posted by Jay O'Donnell

We actually have two drop down traction wheels on our robot that are treaded with Velcro (we ran mecanum until offseason so we had them for pushing). We had no problems all year with inspectors based on the rules you provided. I wouldn't say they were better than any other tread when it came to driving, but once we had them down on the floor it was pretty hard to move us.

From my memory, you added it at NEDCMP. Dana Henry, the LRI, did not notice them. I mentioned the wheels in passing to him at Blitz and he made it fairly clear that he would NOT have passed them. Nor would I were I to inspect that robot. (In fact, I recall questioning it at NEU when you guys mentioned you were planning it)