Hello my dudes,
I was in the process of building a robot a while ago which was able to shoot balls at the flags and have a massive hopper on the top that can catch balls before they hit the ground. I started by making a Bogie Drive which uses the intake to help get up the platform. The ball intake is linked together by anti-slip mat kind of like a tread which allowed extending the distance of the ball without requiring another roller in the middle or extra weight. The Bogie Drive consists of a 6 motor high speed drive (Probably could do 6 motor turbo but I was prototyping first to see if it works), and it is consistent with getting up the platform from the side. I cannot say if I am or not using this drive in the future, I just want to show a concept I was working on:
Why are the rear wheels lifted at the start of the match, and how is the lift of then controlled? It also appears like the robot had some sort of suspension system when you go onto the platform, how does that work on this bot? This seems like an amazing idea, I love it.
One wheel on the far side starts up on the red platform and the other on the floor. @[TVA]Connor has the two linked, not independent, so you see the near side tilted because it’s matching the far side.
Im so glad someone has finally implemented a bogie-based drive system onto a robot. I have really wanted to make one, but time to make prototype or the space efficiency that would be needed for competition.
Anyways congrats I think it is an awesome way to design a drive train.
Franklin’s is very compact but still has a very wide space requirement. There is just a lot of space on the bogie wheel. I would recommend developing something between the two that does not have the inner support bars run the full length of the robot, and instead has a disjoint frame, so that more space can be made available in the front or back for your other subsystems.
Additionally, can you develop a way to link the rocker drive and bogie drive via chain? It would be nice to have a 2x2(x2) setup instead of independent motors, particularly when it comes to pushing.
