Cleated Tread

[Joseph Smith]

Out of curiosity, why do you want to use something like this instead of any of the "regular" plaction wheel treads? I don't really see any benefit or advantage over a standard roughtop plaction wheel.

[SenorZ]

I seem to think "cleats" are against the rules. Check out R6.

[nuclearnerd]

I would be surprised if this belt material contravened R6. It's just aggressively cut rubber, and unlikely to damage the carpet. No worse than versawheels for sure.

I would be shocked if no one in FRC has tried this stuff before.

[SenorZ]

Originally Posted by nuclearnerd

I would be surprised if this belt material contravened R6. It's just aggressively cut rubber, and unlikely to damage the carpet. No worse than versawheels for sure.

I would be shocked if no one in FRC has tried this stuff before.

should have looked at the description before commenting.
If the "tread" were facing out then you'd be driving the smooth backing, which might slip.

[CryptoStorm]

I don't think you would have an issue. I used conveyor belt on one of our previous robots (2006 I believe). the issue you might run into is stitching the conveyor belt together at the ends. In industry this is typically done with a crimp on 'lace' with a stainless wire used as the pin.

http://images.drillspot.com/pimages/...359590_300.jpg

[CryptoStorm]

I would guarantee that this stuff was actually conveyor belt long before it was wheel traction material.

http://www.simbotics.org/sites/all/t...lity-ben-1.png

[Ether]

The "cleats" on that material are only 1/8" tall and are made out of the same soft material as the rest of the belt.

Compare that to http://www.andymark.com/product-p/am-0940a_blk.htm