pic: Team 148 Robowranglers: TUMBLEWEED

[diesel]

Whichever way the RC is facing is the front.

[Swampdude]

I LOVE IT! Sweet machine, I'll bet you guys had a lot of fun making that. The name is great too. That thing will be unstoppable.

[D_Price]

I absolutely love the design and i think that as long as you have the bumpers on all of the sides then that should be considered good.... Love the non sequencial design.

[Jeff Waegelin]

Something different, for sure. It's a gutsy call on strategy to say the least. On top of that, the robot is positively a work of art. Probably the simplest design, yet most elaborately engineered robot I've ever seen. I'm excited to see it in action!

[kevin.li.rit]

What kind of drive is that A omni? Swerve?

I hit a tumble weed when driving earlier this year. It came from nowhere.

[Maggie27]

Very clean & professional looking.
I love it. [:
Video??

[petek]

Originally Posted by diesel

Whichever way the RC is facing is the front.

Of course! An obvious a solution to this conundrum.

My next question is: it appears that TUMBLEWEED makes no pretenses of herding nor hurdling, so is it a rabbit or is it a jackalope?

[Tapoore]

I'm guessing you guys will have a sweet autonomous? (>2 laps?)

[JaneYoung]

I think the name, Tumbleweed, and the design are a nice match.
Having seen tumbleweeds in action moving across the landscape, it is mesmerizing. They are fast, very fast - and beautiful to watch.

[Amanda Morrison]

The robot is in the shape of a nine-sided polygon - a nonagon.

Even though our team really digs the Tumbleweed name, the kids normally refer to the robot as the 'Neun-agon'.

[EricH]

Originally Posted by petek

Of course! An obvious a solution to this conundrum.

My next question is: it appears that TUMBLEWEED makes no pretenses of herding nor hurdling, so is it a rabbit or is it a jackalope?

Neither. It's a tumbleweed.

By the way, this may be the first time ever that someone has done a 9-sided FRC robot...(Yes, I counted on another picture...twice. I couldn't believe it either.)