Post a picture of what you think is the best wired robot
Team 2200:
2007 rookie year, 5 days after kickoff.
You wiring is pretty tidy. But I would say you should do something about that drive shaft just floating there. You should probally put in a bearing block there…
in the works.
do you plan on driving all four wheels? Those kit wheels are pretty grippy and it doesn’t look like you’ll have an easy time turning.
im going to do basic wiring hopefully tomorrow
i will post a pic then
/forest
Some of my favorites from past years…
Greg, do you know what that black (plastic?) material is in the first pic? Where do you get it? What are the specs, thickness, weight, etc.?
We have always used plywood for our electronics board because it is cheap, easy to cut and screw stuff to and also non-conductive incase someone makes a mistake and drops a screw/wire/etc. I would like to try something new and lighter this year. Does anyone have a favorite material they can recommend?
Judging by the background, I’d say you might want to ask 254. The fact that there are 2 indicates a second robot–also pointing to 254. Then again, I could be wrong.
Where are the labels?
No DIN Rails?
Since you guys are not powering the front wheels, you should probably swap them out for something with less traction.
TheAndymark 6" Omnis would work well.
Also, the rules aren’t exactly clear, but it looks as though the DIN rails are required. Check the best practices and the electronics manual linked under section 8 of the manual on the usfirst site.
Also, those panels posted above with the white wires are 254’s.
1/4" ABS Plastic is what you see there. Available pretty much anywhere. We got ours from McMaster. It is about the nicest, lightest and easiest thing we have found to work with. Everything else is either too heavy, too thick, or too ugly for our tastes.
Here are some more pictures for ideas and inspiration. There are plenty of better examples out there, too. I have always been inspired by teams 60 and 207.
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We are swapping to 4wd, just waiting for the parts to arrive.
-Bochek
http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h87/cuog/CDdeadvictors.jpg
Those wires right in front of the Victor fans really worry me. With as little airflow as that last victor would get, magic smoke may make a debut.
My favorite material to use is fiberglass balsa wood composite board. It’s very strong and durable, and very very light. The only thing that I don’t like is that its very easy to strip out a hole and you can’t really nail anything to it. We were going to use carbon fiber balsa wood composite board in 2005, but carbon is well… conductive, so we quickly changed that idea 
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actually the wires are above the victors.
there is a clear channel for air to travel and we will be adding a large fan at the end to flow air down the channel.
- Bochek
OK good, from that angle it looked bad, but as long as your taking everything into account
Neatness of wiring has often taken a back seat for available space and time remaining. But our team has done better in recent years. Though I have a suspicion that is is only because we have allotted more room for electronics, which I’m very thankful for.
Here is a partial picture of Team 25’s wiring on our 2006 'bot.
The tracking kept the excess wire out of the way, and allowed easy access to the different ports on the controller, pwm outputs, victors, etc.
I agree - here’s tip. don’t use castors for the front wheels if you don’t power all four wheels. There’s a right way and a wrong way to do castors. They’re not worth it.
our rookie year was terrible because of castors.
Unless you’re team 103 or 1302. That’s the right way to do castors.