Recycle Rush: Speed, Torque, or Both

[markmcgary]

Originally Posted by markmcgary

I'll bite.

Robot B.

Further reading and learning on this and other threads compels me to switch sides. I'm liking Robot A. (And, we need to buy some appropriate cluster and output gears.)

[IronicDeadBird]

This years game if it was just me and no team and I actually did mechanical I wouldn't focus on those factors I would focus these two factors.
1. Footprint:
That is to say the amount of actual space you take up during the actions you need to perform to score. The smaller the footprint the more breathing room you and your team have. The ideal is the individual teams robots footprints should never overlap cause nobody likes stepping on toes.
2. Consistency:
The game pieces chosen this year are really well thought out. I mean it doesn't make sense that we are in a landfill full of totes I understand but the way these totes effect design choices and specifically how it counterbalances different drive base choices. Mecanum has been known to have weight problems. I've seen some sloppy driving on skid steer getting stuck in a corner in a bad way.