VIDEO: team 1528 drive train experiment

[Chris is me]

Originally Posted by ttldomination

Nice implementation. Probably one of the more efficient multi-directional systems. But once again, you're not going to be putting up much of a struggle when it comes to defense.

Same can be said about mecanum drives, yet people seem to love putting those on their robots...

[kstl99]

Originally Posted by Chris is me

Same can be said about mecanum drives, yet people seem to love putting those on their robots...

The key advantage for us with the mecanum wheels was the speed and manuverability. I did not notice us being pushed around much but it could be that our drivers avoided the pushing matches. I did see that we were consistantly able to get to balls quicker than most and move them into the offensive zone or score.

[MrFixIt2719]

exactly why i put this drive train together i wanted a high manueverable robot and put the super shifters on there for some control in low gear with steering but still have the option to get where i need to in a hurry

[BJC]

Just out of curiosity, how do you have the controls set up? I've personally always disliked those funky Halo and Pacman type setups. Assuming a handheld controller I was sort of thinking along the lines of a standard tank drive for the 4 outer parellel wheels (for primary driving) and then using the L and R triggers to drive the 2 perpendicular wheels either Right or Left (for strafing). This way the robot is very easy to drive but still fully mobile in every direction using a combo of joysticks and L/R.

Anyways, really cool project, I personally prefer slide drives over mecanum wheels and this one looks very nice.

Edit: Answered above

[MrFixIt2719]

Originally Posted by BJC

Just out of curiosity, how do you have the controls set up? I've personally always disliked those funky Halo and Pacman type setups. Assuming a handheld controller I was sort of thinking along the lines of a standard tank drive for the 4 outer parellel wheels (for primary driving) and then using the L and R triggers to drive the 2 perpendicular wheels either Right or Left (for strafing). This way the robot is very easy to drive but still fully mobile in every direction using a combo of joysticks and L/R.

Anyways, really cool project, I personally prefer slide drives over mecanum wheels and this one looks very nice.

Edit: Answered above

we run our controls from a xbox 360 controller and run it like halo, i do like how you explain yours with using the triggers for the straffe options whiich would prolly be a little easier especially in controlling because i have notice with the way we drive it with the halo drive that sometimes when just trying to drive straight if the joystick is a slight to the left i straffe left a bit the triggers could cut that down but i run the halo drive cuz i have played halo and call of duty so much i am use to running it that way but like the idea of using the triggers now time to implement some way to get of pushing power


thanks for looking at it