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Re: pic: Team 2980 CADD of Current Design

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Originally Posted by eedoga View Post
As for intaking from the side, With mechanum drive we can go sideways. The intake is small, but when you are trying to build an all around bot, you have to make some sacrifices. We are hoping to mostly load from the hoppers and only use the side intake if things get desperate. Currently the intake works pretty well, but of course we need a lot more testing and work.
Since your floor intake is on the side with mecanum drive, you will not be able to move very quickly in that direction. Your CAD looks great and it looks like many of your mechanisms will be operational on your final robot.

Be careful spreading yourselves too thin trying to put too many mechanisms onto one robot. Having a gear mechanism, high goal shooter, climber, and floor intake are 4 of the 5 main mechanisms your robot can have.

I'd suggest you put more resources (and robot volume) into your main mechanisms so your robot will be stronger with fuel or gears. From experience, being an "all around bot" isn't the best. It's much better to have a couple of very effective mechanisms on your robot rather than many that may work only okay.
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