This was our last robot design, which won us three tournaments, an excellence award and a judges award, and also put up 206 points in driver skills. We have taken apart this robot to make our new one, which is all ready for competition in January.
6 motor mecanum drive (four on front wheels, two on back wheels)
2 motor chain lift (reached high goal, carried about 8-10 sacks)
2 motor chainsaw intake
Thanks guys, I think you’ll like what we have to offer for January. I believe we’ll be pretty competitive, the new design is much more efficient. Now we just have to figure out who to pick for our alliance
You’ll also be seeing a very different 40B at regonals and I think you will like what it is! Hahaha and we put up some pretty high scores when we allianced together in Maine with our old robots. In any case I can’t wait for this competition it is going to be competitive.
Did you have any problems using four motors on the front wheels and two in the back wheels on the mecanums? I was kinda thinking of doing that, but I was curious to know from someone who have done it.
No the six motor mecanum drive worked fine, adding motors won’t affect the speed of the wheels, unless you changed the gear ratio, so you should be fine
There’s a collar with a screw through it on there. The set screw is one of the longer ones that are usually used to couple standoffs together. I’ve attached a good picture of the piece you’re talking about.
No, he wasn’t around much for this design. I’m not sure about who made it.