Chassis-Twins or single

[Ericgehrken]

Team 195 is making two whole robots so we can practice with the one we don't ship. Right now we are maching parts and we just make two times the amount we need per robot.

[Justin M.]

We will probably throw together the kitbot with last year's motors, electronics, etc. after shipdate to mess around a little bit, practice driving, but mostly practice programming (we did this last year). That and build some type of pit display.

[CrosbyAR]

We are assembling two full identical robots.

[EricH]

Two robots here.

[Tim Arnold]

Uno... too expensive, and time consuming (at least at the moment).

[PVCMike]

Originally Posted by Tim Arnold

Uno... too expensive, and time consuming (at least at the moment).

Same, we can hardly afford one robot!

No Money = 1 Robot (Hopefully!)

[santosh]

One robot over here too

[Jared Russell]

Same as last year, 2 full robots.

[Jeremiah Johnson]

Wish Deere gave us more moolah... then we could make two robots. But as it stands right now... and for a long time coming, we'll only have one robot. One great one though...

[Brad Voracek]

One.

We don't have the time or the resources for two currently...

[=Martin=Taylor=]

We already have two drivable chassis.

We built the first one over winter break, and it was available for testing on day 1 of build.

Using the g-code from the first chassis, our machinist was able to manufacture all the parts for our second chassis after school. Both chassis are sitting in our workroom.

I think this years game requires a great deal of skill, and a practice bot will be an invaluable resource.

As to being expensive, our chassis were designed to be quick and easy, using many recycled components. The only costs were the two AM shifters, and the 16 drive sprockets.

[Rob Colatutto]

Originally Posted by CrosbyAR

We are assembling two full identical robots.

Way to keep things secret Alex... But yes, we are building two identical robots. As of now both are approximately 1/2 way there, minus assembly work. Not quite sure how we got into the two robots boat, but how do other teams make the decision? Is it planned ahead or does it just fall into place after the game is announced?