Making your robot drive easier

[Pat Roche]

Originally Posted by JakeGallagher

We had a 6-wheeled robot this year...I don't know whether it was six-wheel drive though. It took us a few days to get the middle-axle lowering set the right way, but it helped a LOT. Oh I should tell you that we used some spiffy donated tracks, and it made us look like an R/C tank out there.

Robo pics and videos are here: http://www.sau53.org/net9/First/media.htm
You may also see the team at PARC in May. I wish I could go, but I'm going to Washington D.C. that weekend :-C

Let me elaborate a little. We used the brecoflex tracks this season. They have and awesome amount of friction (cof ?). The problem we had was we could turn because they spread out on the floor 26" and was only 21" wide. To solve the we put a larger we wheel in the center reducing the amount of track on the ground by about 45% in either direction. This gave us just the right amount of track on the ground to turn and allowed us to move alittle faster.

If you have any questions about it PM me or IM me.

-Pat

[Greg Perkins]

if you are really looking for a good team's drive that uses 6 wheels, check out team 42. for the past 4 years they have gone with the same drive, and its really worked out well for them.

[Tyler Olds]

Best way to drive well.......... have a great driver! A great driver can overcome and drive system.

[Bob]

You could aso check out team 25. They have had a great 6 wheel drive system for the last two years.