13-05-2003 16:10

team222badbrad

They never have really been kept secret. The material we used got leaked out on here early in the build season. Ever since we started going to regionals we have been telling many people about our wheels. Anyone was more than welcome to come see them..... This material is great stuff!!

13-05-2003 16:24

Katie Reynolds

... Cool!

- Katie

13-05-2003 20:29

GregTheGreat

I Would Have To Agree

COOL!

13-05-2003 21:57

E. The Kidd

Certain people on your team told me that they were kept a secret. I only went on what they told me.

13-05-2003 22:09

Jnadke

Is that Neoprene Rubber?

Neoprene rubber would be the best for traction. Between that and EDPM Rubber

13-05-2003 22:33

team222badbrad

Nope Much better than that kind of rubber....

This stuff is pure Gum Rubber works great on all field surfaces except when your trying to push a robot up the ramp of course!!

13-05-2003 23:12

Jnadke

I find that hard to imagine. EDPM rubber has a coefficient of friction of 3 on most surfaces, including Steel (not unlike that of the ramp). Then again, nobody can tell which is best because neither of us have tested them both.


I'm surprised nobody as 3M as a sponsor. They would be ideal for these types of products. If anyone has 3M as a sponsor, they should do some tests with 3M Resilient Rollstock. They tout it as having a high coefficient of friction.

14-05-2003 19:13

camtunkpa

Ramp traction

The problem with psuhing bots up the ramp is that our bot begins to hop and lose traction.....In one case we even snapped a chain because of this. As far as the floor and the HDPE you will not find better traction!!!!

25-11-2003 14:27

patrickrd

Our robocup team has tested almost all the materials mentioned:
- Buta-N
- Neoprene
- Silicone
- EDPM
- Several others I can't recall right now

We very recently found that Neoprene is the best for contact with a felt carpet. It's about 23% better than the next-best alternative. We'll be switching to Neoprene for our wheels; we used Buta-N in the past.

As for the pure gum rubber, we did not test that on carpet. However, I do have a sample of the material and from casual observations it should be comparable... However, it is less robust and more likely to break down.

- Patrick

25-11-2003 15:11

BandChick

we all that attended IRI are now very familiar with 222's gum rubber wheels, right dave?

25-11-2003 18:56

camtunkpa

Patrick, at the beginning of the season we were concerned about breakdown and wear of our tires. Anyone who knows our team know that we have had just about the most matches of any team in FIRST with 3 regionals, nationals, and I think it was 6 mini competitions. We are still running the same set of tires. Just my $0.02 to let you know how we made out....

10-12-2003 10:20

Dave_222

Re: pic: 222's wheels

We actually found that after our wheels had wore down and degraded a bit it actually gave us a bit more garb on the carpet. They still work great the only maintinence that we ocasionally have to do is a good cleaning form time to time.

10-12-2003 12:13

Andrew

Re: pic: 222's wheels

My design class this semester is designing a friction tester specifically for 4" to 10" diameter wheels. If we get a design which is worth a crap, we'll build it and would gladly prepare a database of wheel coefficient of friction for a variety of tire materials and surface materials.

Even if the class designs are worthless, this is an important enough topic that I will probably put together a design over Xmas break.

If there is sufficient interest, we'll be glad to post both the design drawings and the data on CD for all to share. Also, if anyone wants to supply a wheel for testing and is willing to share the data with the rest of the community, we will be glad to do the tests.

11-12-2003 08:14

henryBsick

Re: pic: 222's wheels

They had so much traction on the carpet that we were put up on 2 wheels either left or right side when garding a stack because they didn't want to move... at all