pic: Team 1687 Doherty Technical Forces - Chassis

[EricH]

Originally Posted by dodar

Maybe I just cant visualize the bumpers but I dont see the point of having those back wheels inboard. That also looks like it will greatly affect the maneuverability of the robot.

You might ask 179 how having wheels offset in a similar pattern affected them a few years back. I think it was their 2005 robot that had 6 wheels in a diamond-ish pattern; it did fairly well.

It doesn't do much to affect maneuverability, not at that level, at least that I know about.

Visualizing the bumpers... It sounds like an interesting idea; I assume that bumper supports just aren't shown in this render. (Magic doesn't count as a support, sorry. Neither does simply constraining in CAD...)