pic: 820's finished product

[JKnox]

Originally Posted by shyra1353

Why did you choose that sort of drive train besides the obvious reasons of control and maneuverability?

Maneuverability and control were the only strategic reasons for us to build this type of roboot. Although, we also built this type of robot because very few teams have tried this type of chassis before. It was also somewhat of a challenge which makes the build period that much more fun. The robot is entirely student built except for the omniwheels (courtesy of AndyMark) and one tiny sprocket mount for the motor for the arm. I would also like to mention that we don't have a shop at our school and only had one day to work at an actual machine shop on a weekend.

Originally Posted by thoughtful

WOW!, that is one sweet robot. I did see your earlier posted videos and the robot spins like crazy. It will be a great advantage for you guys to maneuver in any direction you want.

Only question, Did you guys try pushing against other robots? how is the pushing power of this baby?

I'm pretty sure the video you saw was not of our robot, but our robot CAN move like that.

As for pushing power... our robot is very weak when it comes to pushing power because the wheels aren't perpendicular to the motion. However, we built this bot based on the idea that if you can avoid pushing matches you won't need pushing power. It may be weak, but we also have sideways pushing power which most other robots don't have