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Originally Posted by K.Porter
The main difference between Little Red Wagon drive and your design is the placement of the pivot. Instead of having the turntable on the middle, it would be located in the front of the robot, with casters (or omnis) supporting the back. The pivoting drive section in front would simply pull the rest of the robot along, much like, well, a wagon (or almost like a front wheel drive automobile)
I'm sure everyone at 172 would be happy to see our pet design project actually get somewhere, even if it is designed and built by a team elsewhere!
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Bad news buddy: Team 240 did something almost exactly like that in Aim High, Triple Play, and according to alumni, almost every year since the team was founded. The only difference is the pivot point was the drivetrain end (front or back, didn't matter) and to do a 180 would swing the entire robot around.
What you're suggesting, if you think about it, will just make the robot do drifts. All. Day. Long.
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12-05-2007, 20:27
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