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[Who?]

Originally Posted by Austinmead

what do you guys think of this?
robot is offensive, a kicking mechanism....with treads to allow it to go over the bumps?
any other things i should add to the idea???

personally i think you should exile the tread/track idea all together just for the sake of manuverability, with treads you wil have little to no turning capabilities on the carpet or whatever substance we will be driving on.

[MrForbes]

Originally Posted by Who?

with treads you wil have little to no turning capabilities on the carpet or whatever substance we will be driving on.

Don't be so sure about that. I've seen some well designed treaded robots that can turn very well. You do have to design it right...and that generally means lots of rollers to support the tread, and having the height of each roller just right. Well done, tread type robots are very intimidating.

[MFennig8]

I have to say, treads, as much as our team has never tried them, seem to be a really good aspect. One of the members on my team brought up having three lines of tread, having four separate parts like they are tires and even a snowmobile idea with treads in back with wheels on front.

But looking at it, and how our team has come across being the strong defensive team we are, 6 wheel drive is our way of thinking. Having all 6 wheels powered off of two center wheel drive motors. We had a 2 wheel drive on aim high and it went smoothly up the 30 degree ramp of 2FT. We figure, why not do that and add a two speed transmission to the mix to get that extra help.

[LostProphet]

You could possibly put a dome on top of the robot so you would not get penalized for holding the ball.

[Austinmead]

or you put memory foam on top of the robot and angle it to the front of the robot so the soccer ball falls infront of you....

[drtysteve384]

just sit your defending zone kick balls across the field and when you run out go into the middle and just kick balls like their is no tommorow, to prevent your opponet from having balls and scoring, and have a robot play defense and if there is a robot with a weak kicker jut put them in offense zone and kick balls into the goals, as it is not the much of a distance to kick...