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In the background is our complete prototype chassis with its competition-legal counterpart up front. We're waiting on some sprockets to arrive for the real deal and should have it up and running no later than this weekend.
In the middle of the new chassis, you can see the parts for our competition omniwheels -- no acrylic this time -- and in the far background, left side, you can catch a glimpse of one of our prototype shooting mechanisms.
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24-01-2006 19:33
greencactus3
Re: pic: 488 -- Seeing Double
oh jeez. so we arent the only team to think of a pivoting wheel suspension idea..
edit--- wait... i see the motors and chain on the X. .. which i thought was gonna be cyulinder mounts... hmm. HMMMM.....
24-01-2006 19:39
Madison
Re: pic: 488 -- Seeing Double
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Originally Posted by greencactus3
oh jeez. so we arent the only team to think of a pivoting wheel suspension idea..
edit--- wait... i see the motors and chain on the X. .. which i thought was gonna be cyulinder mounts... hmm. HMMMM..... |
It can be arranged to do as you're thinking, but it is not currently and likely will not be this season. It's a lot of additional complexity for comparably little benefit.
The 'wheel carriers,' as I call them, are built independently of the frame and can be easily from it by removing a handful of bolts. The endmost pieces pivot such that they no longer capture the square tubing alongs its bottom and the whole assembly lifts upward and off the robot. It makes debugging and fixing things far easier and also allows us to keep use multiple frames to facilitate multitasking among our different development teams. The electronics and control systems can be mounted to one frame for software testing and driver practice while the upper parts of the robot are built on an identical frame. When we're ready, we'll be able to move the wheel carriers from the test frame to the real thing.
24-01-2006 21:34
greencactus3
Re: pic: 488 -- Seeing Double
ohhh tricky. good idea tho. pivoting or lifting/ropping wheel assemblies will make tipping on the 30 degree incline harder.. espescially if your robot is gonna be the full height possible. as i think manye shooters might be. 30 degrees is a BIG incline. we just started asembly on the ramp today and um. WOW.
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