Progress, indeed. Very nice.
Zippy and wide. Should eat up lots of FUEL.
Like the wide design and coloring. Like he said should eat through the balls like Pacman.
Looks simple robust and effective. Excited to see what you guys put on top of it.
I remember when idea of teams building a second robot seemed outlandish some. It’s crazy and impressive to see teams who are now building three robots. The bar continues to be raised.
And the craziest part of this is they build almost entirely out of their mentors house. They are constantly amazing me with what they are able to pull off.
We are super excited with how our robot is turning out this year. We machined all 6 of the drive rails and other tubes on a manual mill with a DRO 2 weeks ago. We then sent it out for powder coat and this is the end result. Each drive rail tube took about 2hrs to complete each. We spent lots of time making sure that these would be precise and robust. The frames were then welded by a sponsor to make it easy to mount superstructure on top.
We saw the need to have three robots when we realized that it’s hard to program autonomous and train drivers at the same time. We usually only have a full field to practice on once a week and figured it was in our best interest to make good use of that time by building 3 robots.
Love the wiring, but where’s the PDB?
Not on the team, but it looks like it’s hidden in a layer under the roboRio.
Just a note, make sure you can satisfy R48. “PDP and breakers must be easily visible for inspection.”
Yep. Wee did something like this last year. We made a lot of inspectors mad. Won’t do it again.
The breakers are viable, I admit they are hard to see, but you can see them.
To see the breakers, all we will need to do is unscrew 3 bolts. We then twist the top board out of the way so you can see the entire PDP.
We had the same idea. Two bolts and move it out of the way. Just a heads up from someone who did this before.
Doing something similar here. We have our roborio mounted to a piece of lexan on a hinge, which is secured to the base with two 1/4-20 bolts. Two bolts and you flip it out of the way for inspection.
Understandable, I could see why inspectors get mad making the process a bit slower. We just had no more room to add electronics other than there. So it is what it is.
As long as you know the problem and shortcut the argument by getting that out of the way first when they do the electrical inspection, it’s not a problem. The problem is teams that show up with buried PDPs, no knowledge of the rule, and no plan for making the system inspectable.
That looks great, Cooper. I am sorry that we will not have the chance to see it in person. You will just have to make sure you earn a spot for Championship 
That IMU cover is mint!
Looks great guys. The DiscoBots have a similar wide 6-wheel WCD drivetrain.
Why omnis instead of traction wheels ?