2053 Presents: MecaTankanum

[dougwilliams]

Answering the question:

Is anyone crazy enough to use Mecanum wheels this year?

Team 2053 Proudly Presents our 2016 FRC Stronghold Robot:

MecaTankanum

Full reveal video coming soon. We will be competing at the Pittsburgh and Long Island Regional events this year.

• Mecanum based robot for field agility and high goal alignment with passively engaged tank system for crossing defenses
• Fast pneumatic/winch driven scaling mechanism
• Flywheel-based high goal boulder capable with accurate, repeatable shooting
• Vision system for teleop and autnomous auto-goal alignment, with driver feedback
• Intake roller bar for quick field boulder ingestion
• Multiple adaptable autonomous modes for crossing defense and goal alignment from any starting position
• Multi-year experienced drive team on Mecanum based drive system, MecaTankanum requires no additional driver workload
• Full IMU-based field oriented drive system, with auto-alignment to field elements

[Sperkowsky]

Very interesting. Excited to see it up close at SBPLI.

[kmodos]

And now I'm really excited for Pittsburgh. Like really really excited to see this in person.

[dougwilliams]

And the link to our Reveal Video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0b_HQtkS8H0

[ARC5136]

that thing is a monster!

Nice work!