FRC T-bone-ing and Hexagonal drive

[Ty Tremblay]

Originally Posted by asid61

Having seen 1678's robot itself up close the last couple years, I have to say that it's not their robots' build quality that makes them what they are, but rather a fantastic driver and fantastic strategy. This year, their robot seemed to be made mostly out of versatubing-like material and other COTS parts, excepting the can grabbers.
Their 2014 robot was even simpler than this year's robot IMO. Surgical tubing catapult, Vex ballshifters IIRC, dual intakes, and ball stabilizer. If somebody could get a closeup of the way they made the hex chassis, that would be interesting to see.

I don't think you understand my point. 1678 is a team that has the organization and resources to devote effort into properly testing and designing a hexagonal drivetrain.

I don't want this post to leave teams thinking that if they build a hexagonal drivetrain they'll miraculously be better robots when they still can't handle the game object efficiently.

A drivetrain won't win you an event, what you mount on top will.