pic: Not your typical chassis (team 820)

[JKnox]

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[Alex Cormier]

is that some kiwi-drive bot? sweet looking. yes the usual Q, whats the weight?

[Pi Is Exactly 3]

That looks battle-bot-ish. Very cool.

[JKnox]

Our chassis is about 70 pounds and our total weight is 113 pounds.

[phrontist]

We've got two more sides :-)

[pakrat]

Wow, what kind of drive system does that use??

[Wetzel]

Originally Posted by pakrat

Wow, what kind of drive system does that use??

Probally something like 857 used in 2002. Video Here
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/at...tachmentid=710
(Its an attachment from another thread, for lack of better solution, linked it. Fix if better another way)

Wetzel

[JKnox]

Good Guess. Our bot's a pure-bread killough and the shape gives it away, but when it's on the ground you can't see the wheels, which will hopefully suprise some people.

[Max Lobovsky]

Pure bread? As opposed to a half-breed with 4 wheels I assume? We will just have to see who the half-breed is....

[Kyle]

That looks really cool, and it does look like some of the old battle bots. how thick is the sheet metal?

[JKnox]

The sheet metal is aluminum about an 1/8" thick I think. We made a lot of bends and cuts to fasten it all together into a very strong shape. We were thinking of using lexan, but weren't too sure how strong it would be for side panels.

[OneAngryDaisy]

Ahh, another beautiful killough drive system, I always wanted to build one- are you guys using three joysticks like 857 did or is there some mad programming going on?

[JKnox]

There is some MAAAAAD programming going on. Our programmers are excellent and they have a neat configuration for steering our robot. The only problem they have now is accounting for weight distribution based on where our arm is. We don't have sensors so this might be kind of tricky for them.