Team 842's drivetrain for FIRST Stronghold!

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Originally Posted by Joseph Smith

Very cool!
How well does it turn on carpet? Do you have a way to actuate the rocker to simulate a center wheel drop?

We are planning to lock it into a 6wd dropped center configuration with pneumatics, though this hasn't been implemented yet. One benefit of this is that we will be able to adjust how much drop we have on the center wheel to make high gear more manageable to drive.

The suspension design is heavily influenced by team 39's robot from 2010. They locked the suspension into a mecanum setup that year for navigating flat ground. You might even catch a glimpse of that robot in the background of the video at the start of this thread, if you look closely...