do tracks and wheels together make a better robot?

[Tom Bottiglieri]

Originally Posted by KenWittlief

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but I have never seen a FIRST robot with those idler wheels. If you dont have them, then what is pushing the tread into the carpet between the wheels?

You sure?

All of the benefits of tank treads. All of the benefits of 6WD. Very little hassle.

[Nuttyman54]

Team 971 took a slighty different approach in 2004. We did a halftrack (Tracks in front, wheels in back) and use the Robot Combat snowblower treads. however, we also inclined the treads quite a bit, giving the robot effectively a 6 wheel configuration. This allowed us to drive up the SIDE of the platform (We skipped the 6" steps entirely)...it also helped us get top seed and win the Silicon Valley Regional that year (thanks to 254 and 852). You could use the same concept to drive up the ramp.

[Mike Norton]

http://myweb.wit.edu/cuffiim/robotics.wmv

http://myweb.wit.edu/cuffiim/robotics2.wmv

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...0&page=2&pp=15
this came up in this thread.

To say you have not seen tracks done right you have not been looking.

you will see a 6 wheel robot trying to push us. they had a six motor drivetrain

So track done right will be fast, turn quick and be very powerful