Answering the question:
Is anyone crazy enough to use Mecanum wheels this year?
Team 2053 Proudly Presents our 2016 FRC Stronghold Robot:
MecaTankanum
Full reveal video coming soon. We will be competing at the Pittsburgh and Long Island Regional events this year.
- Mecanum based robot for field agility and high goal alignment with passively engaged tank system for crossing defenses
- Fast pneumatic/winch driven scaling mechanism
- Flywheel-based high goal boulder capable with accurate, repeatable shooting
- Vision system for teleop and autnomous auto-goal alignment, with driver feedback
- Intake roller bar for quick field boulder ingestion
- Multiple adaptable autonomous modes for crossing defense and goal alignment from any starting position
- Multi-year experienced drive team on Mecanum based drive system, MecaTankanum requires no additional driver workload
- Full IMU-based field oriented drive system, with auto-alignment to field elements