pic: 213 - Drive prototype teaser

[Tyler M.]

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[Éowyn]

Nice 4-wheel holo drive.

[lukevanoort]

A belt drive... interesting. Looks a bit top heavy, are you guys going for the ramp?

[Tyler M.]

We are going to be using a simple drop down ramp to release balls from a mesh hopper. As for top heavy....it isn't in the least. The thing really moves. We are now trying different configurations of the wheels to find out which works best.

Tyler

[CBailey]

what wheels are those and ware did u get them?
they look really cool

[Alexa Stott]

Your wheels look delicious.

[Dan Petrovic]

I wonder if they will do the same thing this upcoming year. Maneuverability seems like it will be more important that brute strength.

[A. Newlon]

It looks incredibly small. If you add a ramp, how are you supposed to expect another bot to get on (without falling off the other side)?

^I forgot to add this in the original post. If it works well, why not use the same configuration for this year's comp.?

[Michelle Celio]

Originally Posted by A. Newlon

It looks incredibly small. If you add a ramp, how are you supposed to expect another bot to get on (without falling off the other side)?

That was a testing bot from last year not necessarily for competition. The date on the picture post is February 2006. Please look more closely before you make criticizing comments.

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I'm going to have to agree with Alexa, those wheels are delicious. "Wheelalicious"

[A. Newlon]

It was just a question, don't bite my head off.

[Dan Petrovic]

Originally Posted by A. Newlon

It looks incredibly small. If you add a ramp, how are you supposed to expect another bot to get on (without falling off the other side)?

Also, it's small because if the wheels weren't aligned in a square, it would be harder to turn. So, it wasn't even taking up the full envelope. Last year, they added a ball-gathering mechanism to the front to take up that space.