pic: Mecanum Prototype 1

[BRosser314]

Can you circle straff?

[Schnabel]

That is really cool how you mixed VEX with IFI. I wouldn't think that it would be possible.

[Doug G]

Originally Posted by BRosser314

Can you circle straff?

They still need to write a better control program. You can see in the video two students actually driving it. One Vex Remote is driving the back wheels and the other remote is driving the front wheels. They set it up like this (basically straight mapping of the y-axis of each joystick to a drive wheel) to do some experiments (actually a science fair project for one of the students). They'll then take that knowledge and write a real control program using just one remote.

[Dan Petrovic]

Here's something that I, personally, think should be on your To-Do list for that.

Add a good battery mount!

It looks good, by the way. Why do you have two different transmissions?

[rachal]

Heh, we built two air cannons in the preseason and we're going to mount them on our mecanum bot, then add facial recognition and have a strafing dual cannon tank

Pavement is pretty harsh on rollers though, I don't know if I'd want to use it outside.

[Doug G]

Originally Posted by InfernoX14

Here's something that I, personally, think should be on your To-Do list for that.

Add a good battery mount!

It looks good, by the way. Why do you have two different transmissions?

They'll be adding a true battery mount. For testing it was strapped down for sefty reasons.

They ran out of time (science fair due date) to make four identical transmissions and just used two of the old ones and kept the same gear ratio. They'll eventually complete two more of the custom transmissions. They meet an hour a day, so CNCing the plates takes a while.

Again this is just for fun and educational purposes only.