Andymark rhino drivetrain discussion

[Tom Line]

Originally Posted by AdamHeard

Anyone willing to post video of a rhino at weight being t-boned by another full weight robot on carpet?

A whole lot of teams are going to be a whole lot of disappointed if those treads slide off when pushed sideways.....

[Knufire]

Originally Posted by Tom Line

A whole lot of teams are going to be a whole lot of disappointed if those treads slide off when pushed sideways.....

And a whole lot of teams are going to learn how to play some pretty effective defense.

[MrJohnston]

The Rhino treads are very well secured and will be extremely difficult to knock off so long as the robot's pit crew keeps up with standard maintenance checks and makes sure that everything is kept tight.... Assuming proper upkeep, it would take a tremendous hit to cause any problems.... No, we don't intend to subject our robot to too many violent hits before competition...

At the same time, we recognize that there is a potential weakness here, so are developing game play strategies that will minimize such collisions.... Robot damage happens, no matter how robust your design might be... We even had our chassis bent at a district event last year - due to a violent autonomous collision with a member of our own alliance who's routine went haywire in a very bad way.....