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[PhilBot]

Originally Posted by sami9145

RANDOM QUESTION!!!!!!

anyone know if we can do tank-like wheels? instead of 4 seperate wheels getting the 1 belt wheel thing on each side... anyone know what im talking about? i havent seen anything about it in the rules but i wanna make sure...

I assume you meant tank tread/tracks.

There aren't any "off the shelf" solutions for this in FTC.
However, there is the possibility for creativity.

eg: LEGO has tank tread, and they are permitted this year. There are heavy/light weight variations. Probably not the best for drive system, but siutable for a conveyor.

Plus to can always make your own with the allowable materials (metal/plastic). Tough but not impossible.

[NalaTI]

Originally Posted by sami9145

RANDOM QUESTION!!!!!!
anyone know if we can do tank-like wheels? instead of 4 seperate wheels getting the 1 belt wheel thing on each side... anyone know what im talking about? i havent seen anything about it in the rules but i wanna make sure...

It's a parts list thing... There are no tank treads in the list, but if you want to make some out of something in the list, and you can make them so they won't damage the field, you can go ahead and do it - It will probably get you some good engineering points...

[ttldomination]

The tank like wheels in this particular case

1. are not very feasible, Phillbot has given you probably the easiest way to create treads, but even then, they wouldn't support a robotics weight and move well.
2. wouldn't exactly give you any greater advantage than wheels. In fact, they might actually slow you down, because the sprockets for the tank treads would probably be smaller than the larger wheels.

Just somethings to think about.

[sami9145]

i had to ask because some members of my team kinda wanted to do it and i thought it was an interesting idea to play with. we probably wont end up doing that. however it would be interesting to see someone do it... but then again there are going to be a lot of cool ideas out there for this

[Cavedweller96]

Curious about wheel options. This is the first year my high school has had a robotics club and we are participating in the First Tech Challenge. If we went and bought some special omni-directional wheels would our robots become invalid? We purchased the tech kit but we are eying a completely different set of wheels.

[PhilBot]

Lego Education sells an omni wheel this year.

You should have got a pair in your standard competition kit. If you didn't get the full kit, you can order them from PITSCO

Before you purchase anything that isn't LEGO or TETRIX read the competition rules. There are VERY specific things that you can use, and the rest is NOT permitted. Using an ilegal part will disqualify your robot.

Don't guess.... make sure.

Originally Posted by Cavedweller96

Curious about wheel options. This is the first year my high school has had a robotics club and we are participating in the First Tech Challenge. If we went and bought some special omni-directional wheels would our robots become invalid? We purchased the tech kit but we are eying a completely different set of wheels.

[jweiland1]

Does anyone have a word document that lists the parts in for the FTC game. We need a list of parts for the tournament and it seems that someone must have posted a list somewhere?