pic: 1293's drive system

[Lenyaw]

Originally Posted by Rex114

Treadmill-bot? Is it a completely flat bottom surface on the tracks? How well did it turn?

Any pictures of the arm? Is it made out of diamond plate? Seems like a heavy material choice for an arm. Is it jointed or does it telescope? I see a window motor in the bottom left hand corner, maybe for a wire spool?

Sorry, lots of questions, looks like a very unique design, I can see why they wanted you to wait.

Mike C.

Mike

Here are slightly better pictures showing arm, gripper & better shot of treads.
The tower was diamond plated aluminum, with all the water jet cut outs, it was very light, 3-4lbs if I remember right. The center circle of each x on the sides are the 3 schools logos that make up D5 Robotics.

Gabe

If you haven't already viewed the videos, yes they are individual plastic links with 2 rubber tread grips on each link. Way too much traction! No one was able to move us an inch sideways, even on the hardest hits. Even if code errors were fixed and grinding off every other rubber grip, we still would have had slight difficulty with traction in turns. The slickest feature was two bolts removed the entire track assembly on each side for super quick repairs.

Wait until next years secret design. Can you say "Omni-treads" Opps, too much info!!!