pic: MOEnarch Swerve Drive

[Ether]

Originally Posted by nathannfm

The robot was pulled with the ropes remaining as horizontal, and the scale remaining as vertical as possible to the ground. A reading of ~120lb was observed on the scale.

Was this the breakaway force, or the min force to continue motion?

Was the height of the horizontal rope above, below, or at the height of the wheel axes?

[nathannfm]

Originally Posted by Ether

Was this the breakaway force, or the min force to continue motion?

The force to continue motion, but surprisingly the difference was only a few pounds. Nothing like the dramatic example of the spinning wheels.

Originally Posted by Ether

Was the height of the horizontal rope above, below, or at the height of the wheel axes?

It was about 2 inches above, in the middle of our bumper (one bumper removed for test to attach shackle to frame)

[TheLoveGouru]

Hey Everyone!

This is just a quick update on the progress of the MOEnarch drive system.
We have mounted the four modules onto the square chassis and it's working smoothly.

This is the Facebook link to the video:
https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v...type=2&theater

As you will notice, the robot doesn't have any encoders on the modules just yet. We are looking to set those up by the end of next Monday and have a robot-centric swerve drive ready to go before Winter Break.

[Gdeaver]

Sounds like a swerve, kind of moves like a swerve, it must be a swerve. Welcome to the 3 degrees of freedom club.