pic: 3 wheel omni drive concept

[Kartoffee]

Originally Posted by GeeTwo

Interesting!

Is the strafe (center) wheel actuated to provide a constant (or adjustable) force against the carpet? As the robot leans into "forward" acceleration, the strafe wheel will otherwise tend to rotate off the carpet.

What is the "peg" sticking out the side just to the left of the strafe wheel?

If hit hard enough on the long side, or if power fails for a moment, it will go down. If I were to do something like this, I would use a kickstand that could be used to pick the chassis up off the carpet afterwards. (sniped!)

With this extreme an aspect ratio, it is possible (under 2016 rules) to have a gap in the bumpers so wide that another robot can hit your robot square and hit nothing but frame perimeter. I would anticipate a change in bumper rules after the first year this concept hit the carpet.

The rules state 8 inches from each corner. This is to stop metal-to-metal contact. If this robot "strafed" between another robot's bumpers, it would be metal-to-bumper contact.

Also, of course, nobody who is aspiring to win much more than Innovation in Controls will make this, so I don't think the GDC needs to panic yet.