FRC4322's first custom drivebase

[Indiebot]

The students were learning how to control a motor with code and the lead programmer decided it would be hilarious to attach a wheel directly to the CIM to see if it could actually drive so they came up with this as a joke. We thought it would be something funny to show to other teams.

[asid61]

Originally Posted by Indiebot

The students were learning how to control a motor with code and the lead programmer decided it would be hilarious to attach a wheel directly to the CIM to see if it could actually drive so they came up with this as a joke. We thought it would be something funny to show to other teams.

It's an amazing coincidence that it actually drives though.

[Indiebot]

I saw it when they first started it and it could barely drive. Apparently yesterday they changed the wheels to the old 6in KOP wheels and it was a bit faster, anyways they ended up naming it scout. We probably won't work on this much longer as we have other things we are going to be building this offseason.

[GeeTwo]

Originally Posted by Indiebot

The students were learning how to control a motor with code and the lead programmer decided it would be hilarious to attach a wheel directly to the CIM to see if it could actually drive so they came up with this as a joke. We thought it would be something funny to show to other teams.

As long as you don't have any weight other than the very minimum necessary to drive, yes you should be able to break out of zero. Add bumpers and a few manipulators, and you'll likely be stuck. Our Aerial Assist robot started out like this (just a drive platform, CIMs to 6" mecanum wheels). As soon as I realized what was going on, I blew the whistle. We ended up with TB-minis at, IIRC, 10.7:1.