DEWBOT IX Caterpillar Drive

Climb at SCH

Achieving a 30 point climb was a key aspect of 1640's game strategy for Ultimate Ascent^SM, with a strong bias towards climbing on the pyramid outside (thereby enabling other alliance robots to also score 30 points).

A number of concepts were considered and evaluated. The Caterpillar Drive approach was selected because it was perceived that:

1. The climb time could be relatively short, allowing significant scoring with Frisbees;
2. the climbing mechanisms would not interfere with a shooter; and
3. the concept was consistent with a low center-of-mass robot.

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