Designing a Quality Drive A drive is the foundation of any robot, and as such it is crucial to have a quality drive if you want to have a quality robot. Yet, many newer teams struggle significantly with making a solid drive, and I’ve realized that each time someone asks for help or feedback on the…

This was a well needed, long awaited post. I do want to say that the principles this particular chassis follows is what you want to learn from. Don’t feel obligated to hole-count this, or adopt this build style specifically. Pay attention to what makes this chassis good: bracing, rigidity, compactne…

This is a great topic and I’m happy you brought this up as a resource. Only thing I might add is to potentially pause at specific points and elaborate on specific building strategies that are present on screen or ideal bracing placement etc. within the video itself compared to it being written out. …

ngl, this post inspired me to download Inventor today and finally learn how to cad. I’ve been thinking about how great of a resource cad can be for a while, but this really seals the deal. Thank you for the quality post!

This is great, I’d like to reiterate a tip for base building, never use only standoffs to support a drivebase, and keep the space between your wheel guards an even space. You will hate your past self if you don’t follow those.

Great topic. I’ll add a link here to my old drive from 2014, it’s been updated now for V5 motors, all that was needed was slight adjustment to allow them to fit. [image] Robot drive sub-systems General Forum There’s not been much discussion this year about the best style…

This is terrifying in 2 ways, one is that its, ya know, a triangle. The second is its made with plates, ono

Designing a Quality Drive

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jpearman June 2, 2020, 10:28pm 6

Great topic.
I’ll add a link here to my old drive from 2014, it’s been updated now for V5 motors, all that was needed was slight adjustment to allow them to fit.

and then there’s my favorite derivation of that, the triangle chassis.