pic: DS Swerve on the field

[Lil' Lavery]

Originally Posted by JamesCH95

Very cool, though it doesn't look like you have a kicker "on top" or a hanger "on bottom" so you'd lose those functions once inverted? I guess it'd be better than being turtled though.

I believe their intent was simply to drive it back to the bump and flip themselves back into normal configuration after flipping over.

[Racer26]

Originally Posted by Lil' Lavery

I believe their intent was simply to drive it back to the bump and flip themselves back into normal configuration after flipping over.

That was exactly the intent. You will also notice the lack of anti-3" penetration gear on the topside.

[Kellen Hill]

Team 101 had a similar idea in Chicago but they only had a "standard" four wheel drive. It was neat to watch the top set of wheel spinning on top of the robot. They also had an extra ball magnet on the top in case they flipped over.

I remember them flipping over at least once if I remember right. If I spent time on that kind of drive, I would try to make sure I flipped over at least once just to see it work.