pic: Team 1501 wheels

[Wayne Doenges]

I'm very interested to hear how they hold up with a 150 lbs on them. I've wanted to try PVC wheels for a while, and I've never gotten around to them. Kind of like the simple, cost effective way to go if they hold up.

We used them last year and I will take our robot against 95% of the other robots in a pushing contest. We never had a failure.
One of the belts came off at the first matchup but we still had the other belt. We just JB welded it back on.

Two? I only see one wheel.

I see six wheels There is only one. It's an optical delusion

We also have a wheel with only one strip of conveyor belt material. We will use them for going up the ramp. Smaller width means more weight on wheels.
Our robot will be four wheel drive on a six wheel base. The two front ones are non-driven omni wheels. The back four are all driven but only the back two will contact the floor. The front two are a 1/4 of an inch off the floor, but will contact the ramp when we drive up it.