Video: Team 114's Tricycle

[Michael Corsetto]

So some of us were packing for SVR last Saturday and we were looking at a spare swivel module from our 2005 robot when we thought "how cool would it be if we used that to make a tricycle". So we began designing and three days later... VOILA, an awesome rear wheel powered, rear wheel steering tricycle. Everything used on the tricycle were spare parts lying around the lab, we even dug out the chair from the depths of our storage container

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2GuSs2cdhU

If anyone going to SVR wants to give it a ride, come on tomorrow at around 7:30 am, I will be hanging outside the entrance driving around until they let us in at 8:30. Let me know what you think!

Mike C.

[Arefin Bari]

Very nice... how much?

Bring it to ATL man. This thing is awesome.

[bhsrobotics1671]

haha thats so cool!
during the off season a group of our team are going to get some old parts and motors and make a "land crusier" that seats two and it will have a trailer to haul bots around.

but nice way to kill some time guys!

oh and how about bringing it to davis!?!?!
we will be there!!

[AdamHeard]

That's pretty sweet...

What motors are on it...? Seems like it would never hurt to add a few small CIMs...

[Michael Corsetto]

Originally Posted by AdamHeard

What motors are on it...? Seems like it would never hurt to add a few small CIMs...

Just one small CIM on the swivel module in the back. If we want more power we could always slide the one we have on it right now to one side and chain up an second one next to it. Ahhh, the joys of extruded aluminum...

[1359th Scalawag]

Our team too has a tricycle! Some members of our team welded the frame before I was on the team and it looks like a trycycle but it has a spot to mount motors and batteries. One of our team members crashed real bad on it. I hear he scraped his face against the ground or something. We are the reason for the "No motorized scooters or trycycles in competition area" rule.

[ChrisMcK2186]

Thats a crab wheel in the back right?

Chris

[James114]

Originally Posted by ChrisMcK2186

Thats a crab wheel in the back right?

Chris

Yes, we had a spare module and mount left over from 2005, since we made 5 modules and only used 4 of them.

[John Gutmann]

Hmmm.... that would be fun to have an off season race with creations like this......

That thing would be awesome with 2 swerves and 4 CIMs, think of the accelerations......

-John

[rachal]

Wow, you people are too awesome! Are you bringing it on Friday and Saturday too? The earliest 1072 is coming is Friday afternoon, so...

Say, I remember having that module in our robotics room for a couple of weeks

[Dan 1038]

Everything used on the tricycle were spare parts lying around the lab, we even dug out the chair from the depths of our storage container

First off.... I NEED ONE OF THOSE! Please bring it to Atlanta, I'll even buy a ticket for a ride on it! My single question is this - what was the steering wheel doing in the lab? Was that for a robot control system?

[Sean Marks]

SWEET!! Bring it to ATL so many people (including me ) would want to ride that thing.

[Michael Corsetto]

Heh, I doubt we could bring it to ATL, considering if we go at all we would be flying, and I don't want to know how much they would charge us for this overweight and oversized beast

Currently the tricycle is sitting in my van, which I will be driving to SVR tomorrow. If anyone knows where I could store it while I drive the real robot, I'll bring it out for sure.

The steering wheel was actually a wheel that came in the KOP a while back, I'm not quiet sure which year though...

[Nuttyman54]

Originally Posted by Rex114

The steering wheel was actually a wheel that came in the KOP a while back, I'm not quiet sure which year though...

looks like the old foam Skyways

[EStokely]

I have to say I suspect I speak for more than a few of us when I say "Hey WE need to build one of those"
What a great idea, as an advertisment for new members that should work great!

Luck with what lays ahead for you guys!

Eric Stokely
team 360
"Segway batteries don't last forever"