pic: A little more standard

[robostangs548]

I love the design, but I still don't know if the floor to robot strength is going to be enough..... You have to think about the possibilities of.... Is that going to be strong enough to have something that weighs around 130 hitting you consecutive times, and is anything going to break. I do like the swivel steer ideas, but I am more of a person who builds my robots like a tank. That way, it is durable, easy to fix, and I don’t have to worry about it after every round. Other then that great design.

[Madison]

Originally Posted by robostangs548

I love the design, but I still don't know if the floor to robot strength is going to be enough..... You have to think about the possibilities of.... Is that going to be strong enough to have something that weighs around 130 hitting you consecutive times, and is anything going to break. I do like the swivel steer ideas, but I am more of a person who builds my robots like a tank. That way, it is durable, easy to fix, and I don’t have to worry about it after every round. Other then that great design.

Without speaking about this design, particularly, I think it's worth mentioning that plenty of teams have had many, many successful seasons without building robots "like tanks." There's a thing or two to be said about graceful design and engineering and intelligently discerning which parts, assemblies and systems need to be more or less robust than others.

[Daniel_LaFleur]

Originally Posted by M. Krass

Without speaking about this design, particularly, I think it's worth mentioning that plenty of teams have had many, many successful seasons without building robots "like tanks." There's a thing or two to be said about graceful design and engineering and intelligently discerning which parts, assemblies and systems need to be more or less robust than others.

While this is true, that "intelligent decerning" tends to turn into "it's not fair that you play defense that hard".

I don't want to turn this into a "tanks vs miracle machine" debate. I just want to point out that you have to understand the strengths and weaknesses (yes they all have weaknesses) of your robot, and prepare to deal with those.

//back on topic

I'd love to see that drivetrain in action.