Drivetrain First Thoughts?

[exprg:melonhead]

Here's what 2181 has come up with:

We decided on an omnidirectional drive, so that we can let the robot, in essence, drive itself. When we get to the guidelines, rather than us lining it up, have the robot set itself to angle 0 (via gyroscope) and follow the lines from there. Little room for human error and we'll always be facing the wall with omni drive.


I don't think we'll lose on speed but has anyone ever thought of acceleration being an issue with the omni drive? Just a thought since there isn't as much power in those wheels.

[Dr Theta]

Originally Posted by exprg:melonhead

I don't think we'll lose on speed but has anyone ever thought of acceleration being an issue with the omni drive? Just a thought since there isn't as much power in those wheels.

I believe we competed with you guys last year using a mecanum drive and anyone who saw it wouldn't say that it lacked for either acceleration or speed. If I remember correctly you guys do some pretty extensive scouting that involves taking pictures of every robot at competition I encourage you to look us up, also team 2052 from our area produced another very effective mecanum last year.

We actually will probably be going with a similar set up this year. If you want some help with anything feel free to PM me and we can probably provide you with some of the info you need.