wheeled robot club 2014

[JohnFogarty]

I for one an waiting for a team to employ the use of a giant quad-copter.

[Taylor]

Originally Posted by Pretzel

I feel as though this thread is demeaning and discriminatory towards robots like ours which employ tank treads as a mode of transportation instead of wheels. I'm disappointed that the FIRST community could be so blatantly offensive to segregate robots by those with wheels and those without.

This, of course, is assuming that we're talking about wheels that directly contact the ground rather than all wheels (including those acting as a pulley). If it includes all wheels, I see no issues here.

This thread cannot comment on specific designs and/or hypothetical situations. Please contact your Regional Director.
In related news, we have fourteen wheels. At our last event, ten of them contacted carpet in the final match.

[eddie12390]

3260 almost went with wheels but we decided that cubes would make us significantly faster. We also considered hexagonal prisms but they ended up being too expensive.

[Canon reeves]

Our team employs wheels, but we also invested in a weather balloon to truly achieve the "aerial" aspect of aerial assist. We simply hold the ball and float over the truss! not really, we just have a standard kit bot with wheels!

[blaze8902]

My Team's Drive Train has roughly 68 wheels. It's capable of traveling at over 716,000 times the speed of the world's fastest growing plant.

[Justin Montois]

Originally Posted by blaze8902

My Team's Drive Train has roughly 68 wheels. It's capable of traveling at over 716,000 times the speed of the world's fastest growing plant.

I might steal this for my standard response next time I get asked how many wheels my robot has. Scout Smarter, Not Harder.

[The other Gabe]

we have wheels. 6. they make the drivetrain able to move

[The other Gabe]

Originally Posted by The other Gabe

we have wheels. 6. they make the drivetrain able to move

I meant 8 dang it

[RoboMo786]

Team 3538 has a 6 wheel tank drive, 3 cim ball shifters. We also have wheels on our intake

[Libby K]

1923 checking in with Tactical Snail.

Pit Scouts: How many wheels does your robot have?
Students: 14.

#SnailedIt

[cj3958]

Team 3958 has wheels. 14 of them to be exact

Depending on your definition of wheel, 256 may have had some. Ours weren't perfectly round, but instead were made up by a near infinite amount of small straight lines, so that's somewhat similar.

[cbale2000]

703 here with 16 wheels (I assume we're also counting collectors).

[pmangels17]

Just in drivetrain, 271 has twelve wheels! Well, we combined them two at a time with a lathe and some seat of the pants engineering to make six wheels, but so far its been unrivaled traction! Gotta love six two inch wide wheels with roughtop, plus six CIM's and two speeds.

[cadandcookies]

Do decagons count as wheels?